Standards

Meteorology Series, 1340

Associated Group Standard

Individual Occupational Requirements

Basic Requirements:

1. Degree: meteorology, atmospheric science, or other natural science major that included:

   1. At least 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of credit in meteorology/atmospheric science including a minimum of:

      1. Six semester hours of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics;^*

      2. Six semester hours of analysis and prediction of weather systems (synoptic/mesoscale);

      3. Three semester hours of physical meteorology; and

      4. Two semester hours of remote sensing of the atmosphere and/or instrumentation.

   2. Six semester hours of physics, with at least one course that includes laboratory sessions.^*

   3. Three semester hours of ordinary differential equations.^*

   4. At least nine semester hours of course work appropriate for a physical science major in any combination of three or more of the following: physical hydrology, statistics, chemistry, physical oceanography, physical climatology, radiative transfer, aeronomy, advanced thermodynamics, advanced electricity and magnetism, light and optics, and computer science.

   ^*There is a prerequisite or corequisite of calculus for course work in atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, physics, and differential equations. Calculus courses must be appropriate for a physical science major.

   OR

2. Combination of education and experience -- course work as shown in A above, plus appropriate experience or additional education.