This is the first course for undergraduate students who are interested in atmospheric sciences. No pre-courses are required. In this course, students will learn the very basic knoweledge of atmospheric sciences. It includes: Earth and its atmosphere, atmospheric radiation, atmospheric chemistry, cloud physics and preciptation, atmospheric thermal dynamics, principles of atmospheric motions, fronts and midlatitude cyclones, thunderstorms, tornados, tropical cyclones and typhoon, atmospheric and oceanic circulations, climate changes and global warming, weather forecasting, and planetary atmospheres.
Geosciences
地球科学，7大基础学科之一，是以地球系统（包括大气圈、水圈、岩石圈、生物圈和日地空间）的过程与变化及其相互作用为研究对象的基础学科，包括地质学、地理学，以及其它衍生学科。地球科学是一个大题目，纵横几万里，上下数亿年，几乎辐射到自然科学的其他各个领域。对地球的认识同世界各民族的起源、历史、文化乃至这个世界文明的进展，都是紧密联系在一起的。
