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Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather 
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Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather
 at 
Harvard University 
Overview

Learn to forecast the weather just by looking out your window.

Duration

6 weeks

Total fee

12,374

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Course Level

UG Certificate

Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather
 at 
Harvard University 
Highlights

  • Earn a certificate after completion of the course
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Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather
 at 
Harvard University 
Course details

What are the course deliverables?
  • The role of air, water, and wind in weather systems
  • How to estimate local wind speed and direction
  • How to avoid being struck by lightning
  • How to identify cloud types and features
  • How to describe the attributes of thunderstorms and tornadoes
  • How to collect and interpret data and observations to predict the next day’s weather
More about this course
  • The weather forecasts we see every day are based an army of meteorological sensing networks and intensive computer modeling
  • Before the rise of these technologies, forecasts were made by understanding cloud formations and wind directions
  • This course will explore the science behind weather systems by teaching the observational skills needed to make a forecast without using instruments or computer models. ll discuss the physical processes driving weather and the global forces that shape global climate systems
  • Finally, we will examine the limits of prediction in both human observations and computer models

Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather
 at 
Harvard University 
Curriculum

Physical processes in weather systems

Winds, weather masses, clouds, fronts in the temperate zones

Other weather systems

Weather predictions: Linear and non-linear systems

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Backyard Meteorology: The Science of Weather
 at 
Harvard University 
Faculty details

John Huth
Designation : Donner Professor of Science, Harvard University

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