The University of Puerto Rico is a well established and mature institution, with a total enrollment of over 69,000 students. The University consists of the Mayagüez Campus, the Medical Sciences Cam-pus, and the Río Piedras Campus, which are dedi-cated to both undergraduate and graduate educa-tion; and the Colleges at Aguadilla, Arecibo, Bayamón, Carolina, Cayey, Humacao, Ponce, and Utuado which provide undergraduate education. Each autonomous institutional unit has a Chancel-

lor as chief administrator and academic officer .

UPRM is a co-educational, bilingual, and non-sectarian school comprising the Colleges of Agri-cultural Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Engineering, and the Division of

Continuing Education and Professional Studies.

It is fully accredited by the Council of Higher Edu-cation of Puerto Rico. It holds membership in the Middle States Commission on Higher Education since 1946. It is also a member of the Association of HispanicAmerican Universities. Our academic

programs are accredited by professional entities.

The Mayagüez Campus of the University of Puerto Rico is a member of Oak Ridge Associated Univer-sities (ORAU) since 1966. ORAU is a private, non-profit consortium of 65 colleges and universities that acts as management and operating contrac-

tor for the US Department of Energy (DOE).

Phone: (787) 832-4040 ext. 2077

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PO Box 9016

Mayagüez, PR 00681 - 9016

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The Physics DepartmentPhysics DepartmentPhysics DepartmentPhysics Department of the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez is developing an academic pro-gram in Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology. The development of this program has the benefit of a cooperative agreement between the National Oce-anic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. A current student of a Bachelor program in Natural Sciences, Math or Engineering can take a number of courses in atmospheric sciences as part of their elective coursework. A student that appropriately completes the sequence of courses will be able to get a certification from the Physics Department and an annotation on his academic record in recognition of having completed a sub-specialty in Meteorology.

The curriculum sequence under development will satisfy the specification GSGSGSGS----1340134013401340 of the Office of Per-sonnel Management of the Federal Government, which is the one that describes professional require-ments for careers in meteorology. METE 4006 Introduction to MeteorologyMETE 4006 Introduction to MeteorologyMETE 4006 Introduction to MeteorologyMETE 4006 Introduction to Meteorology Three credit hours. Elementary course in general meteorol-ogy. Pre-requisites: FISI 3012 or FISI 3152 or FISI 3162 or FISI 3172 (General Physics II) METE 4007 Meteorological MeasurementsMETE 4007 Meteorological MeasurementsMETE 4007 Meteorological MeasurementsMETE 4007 Meteorological Measurements One credit hour. Meteorological measurements laboratory. Pre-requisites: METE 4006 METE 4008METE 4008METE 4008METE 4008 Physical MeteorologyPhysical MeteorologyPhysical MeteorologyPhysical Meteorology Three credit hours. Study of radiation measurements, at-mospheric electricity and microphysics of clouds. Pre-requisites: METE 4006 and MATE 3063 (Calculus III)

METE 4057 Atmospheric ThermodynamicsMETE 4057 Atmospheric ThermodynamicsMETE 4057 Atmospheric ThermodynamicsMETE 4057 Atmospheric Thermodynamics Three credit hours. Formal discussion of the laws of classical thermodynamics applied to meteorological problems. Pre-requisites: FISI 3172 (Gen. Physics II), MATE 3063 (Calc. III) METE 4061 Dynamical Meteorology METE 4061 Dynamical Meteorology METE 4061 Dynamical Meteorology METE 4061 Dynamical Meteorology Three credit hours. Formal discussion of equations of momentum, continuity, vorticity and conservation of energy applied to describe the meteorology of the mid-dle latitudes. Basic aspects in the dynamics of the tropi-cal atmosphere will be discussed. Pre-requisites: FISI 3172 (Gen. Physics II), METE 4006, MATE 3063 (Calc. III). Co-requisite: MATE 4009 (Ord. Diff. Equations)

** METE 4071 Mesoscale Meteorology** METE 4071 Mesoscale Meteorology** METE 4071 Mesoscale Meteorology** METE 4071 Mesoscale Meteorology Three credit hours.

** METE 4081 Synoptic Meteorology** METE 4081 Synoptic Meteorology** METE 4081 Synoptic Meteorology** METE 4081 Synoptic Meteorology Three credit hours. METE 5052 Advanced Dynamical MeteorolgyMETE 5052 Advanced Dynamical MeteorolgyMETE 5052 Advanced Dynamical MeteorolgyMETE 5052 Advanced Dynamical Meteorolgy Three credit hours. Formal discussion of the quasi-geostrophic approximation, the linear perturbation the-ory, and baroclinic instability applied to the description of mid-latitude meteorological phenomena. Pre-requisites: METE 4061, MATE 4009

GEOL 3105 Images of Planet EarthGEOL 3105 Images of Planet EarthGEOL 3105 Images of Planet EarthGEOL 3105 Images of Planet Earth Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per week. The use of images of our planet Earth for the study of earth systems science with emphasis on global change; the interactions among the lithosphere, asthenosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere; the Earth as a planet within the solar system.

Our Program offers a Summer Re-search Internship for undergraduate students in projects related to Atmos-pheric Sciences. The students be-come familiar with typical act iv i t ies and problems, as s elected by l o c a l college professors, atmospheric scientists, meteorologists or other specialists related to this field. The students submit a written report and present orally the results of the summer research a c t i v i t i e s , during a local symposium organized in August. We have provided a s h o r t workshop on presentation skills for

the benefit of the participating summer students, before the symposium. Some Summer Research Internship students have worked with researchers at the AOML NOAA facilities in Miami, and at the Plymouth State University. The Pro-gram covered their traveling and housing expenses.

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Our laboratory has four comput-ing workstations equipped with double processors and double monitors. These run dual operat-ing systems, Windows XP and Linux. We, also, have available a number of visualization tools like IDL. We have adapted the latest version of the Weather Event Simulator (WES), which can be used for instructional activi-ties to simulate real meteorological events and selected case studies.

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