Spring Course: MET3503 Weather and Forecasting
Learning about the mechanisms behind weather & how to interpret various weather data.
Learning about the mechanisms behind weather & how to interpret various weather data.
What you will learn: Four steps of building a GIS model A variety of geographic models that are currently applied in public health Hands-on experience of implementing models with ArcGIS
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What you will learn: Basic concepts, theories, and operations in GIS Hands-on experiences of mainstream GIS software Ability of spatial thinking and reasoning Knowledge for advanced GIS courses
Global Warming, Extinction Crises, Ocean Acidification. The newspapers and magazines are full of environmental doomsday prophecies, and this course will help you make sense of what’s happening to our planet. We start with an overview of recent academic articles that have identified critical components of the earth’s climate system that are on the verge […]
HOUSING AND LONG-TERM CARE ISSUES FACING OLDER AMERICANS What constitutes residential normalcy for older adults? Aging successfully: does place matter? What are housing-care needs/problems of young-old vs. old-old? Aging in place or moving elsewhere: what are major determinants? What are the most critical housing and care-related needs? Why do neighborhood and community environments matter? What […]
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Learn about the origin of sacred plants used for healing the spirit and body; the role of traditional healers, their practices and perspectives within their cultural context and the emerging market for health by the consumption of organic food.
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Qualifies for the Certificate in Meteorology and Climatology Learn the science behind climate change Analyze data for past/future climates and extreme events Create a video about climate change
University of Florida senior and undergraduate research assistant Alex DesRosiers worked a research based summer internship with NOAA’s Hurricane Hunters. The internship was based out of MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa where he worked under meteorologist and flight director Ian Sears. Alex’s internship was funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through Dr. Corene Matyas […]
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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Associate positon for Dr. Southworth with her research group to work on (1) time series analysis of remotely sensed and climate data in savanna systems; (2) land grabs in Ethiopia analyzed via remotely sensed data; and (3) land cover analysis in […]
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Tropical Cyclone Structure and Rainfall Speaker: Dr. Corene Matyas Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of Florida Thursday, October 27, 2016 3:00-3:50 PM (Period 8) Turlington Hall Room 3006 University of Florida All are welcome to attend.
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