THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE FACULTY SENATE Senate Document Number 1390S  Date of Senate Approval 1/25/90  Signature of Senate Chair _______________________ Date __________ Action of Vice Chancellor: Approval _______________________ Date ______________ Denied _______________________ Date ______________ Reasons for denial and suggested modifications: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Statement of Faculty Senate Action: APC Document #10: Catalog Changes in Atmospheric Sciences Effective Date: Fall Semester, 1990 1. Delete: The course, 450 Numerical Methods and Computers (3) on page 83 of 1989-90 catalog. Add: No changes. Environmental Impact Statement: This course was intended to be an elective for the Atmospheric Sciences Program, therefore no campus-wide impact is anticipated. Rationale: ATMS 450 has never been taught, and it is doubtful that it could have been taught in the next several years due to more pressing priorities and limited staff. To date, any students having an interest in this topic have been advised to take MATH 341, Numerical Analysis. The number doing so averages 2 or 3 per semester. 2. Delete: The course, 465 Marine Climatology (3) on page 83 of 1989-1990 catalog. Page 2 Add: No changes. Environmental Impact Statement: This course was an elective for the Atmospheric Sciences Program, therefore no campus-wide impact is anticipated. Rationale: ATMS 465 has also never been taught and has little likelihood for its offering until a climatologist is added to the staff. 3. Delete: No changes. Add: on page 83 of 1989-90 catalog, 315 Radar and Satellite Meteorology (3) Theory and application of radar and satellite remote sensing to atmospheric sciences. Weather analysis and forecasting, and climatological implications. Prerequisites: 200, 211; MATH 191; PHYS 222. Environmental Impact Statement: The proposed course is an elective for Atmospheric Sciences. The prerequisites are already required of all Atmospheric Sciences majors. Rationale: The offering provides the opportunity for students to become familiar with two types of remote sensing, an increasingly important topic in Atmospheric Sciences. Though a course of this type is not required by the National Weather Service for employment as a meteorologist, operational meteorologists are relying upon applications of radar and satellites. 4. Delete: No change. Add: on page 83 of 1989-1990 catalog, 316 Mesoscale Meteorology (3) Atmospheric processes in the scale of 10 to 1000 km including tornadoes, thunderstorms and tropical cyclones; application of current data to mesoscale analysis and forecasting. Prerequisites: 210, 211, 315; MATH 191; PHYS 222. Environmental Impact Statement: This course is an elective. Its prerequisites are those already required of all Atmospheric Sciences majors. Rationale: This course was taught under the special topics number ATMS 473 in the fall of 1987 and there have been requests to offer the course again. Severe weather events are in the mesoscale and a course Page 3 drawing together topics in this area should be offered on a regular basis. This is especially relevant for students in the forecasting option. 5. Delete: 455 Physical Meteorology (3) Physical processes of condensation, radiation and radiative transfer, atmospheric sound and light propagation, and atmospheric electrical phenomena. Prerequisites: 210, 211; MATH 191. Add: 455 Physical Meteorology (3) Physical processes of condensation, radiation and radiative transfer, atmospheric sound and light propagation, atmospheric electrical phenomena and principals of weather modification. Prerequisites: 105, 210, 211; MATH 191. Environmental Impact Statement: This course is an elective for Atmospheric Science Majors. No new university requirements are needed. Rationale: A new Atmospheric staff member has operational and research experience in cloud physics and weather modification. While this course has never been taught at UNCA, its offering is expected within a year. Though not currently a Federal requirement for employment as a meteorologist, it is anticipated that Physical Meteorology will be required in the future, therefore the course should be kept in the catalog.