Course Details

METEOROLOGY II-WEATHER DECISION (AV 208 CA )
Instructor(s): Mohr, Sitara

Winter 2022
Department: AV
Credits: 4.00
Status: Open (3 out of 21 seats)
Meeting Type: Lecture

Course Schedules:

Day & Time Date(s) Location MW 11:00AM-12:50PM  1/3/2022-3/18/2022  Caldwell Center 212

Course Description:
This course prepares the student to apply fundamental weather information to practical flight planning problems. This course focuses on weather factors that the Federal Aviation Administration identifies as key elements involved in controlled flight into terrain, (CFIT) types of accidents. This course will train aviation students on meteorology to ensure a practical knowledge of weather phenomena, including the principles of frontal systems, icing, fog, thunderstorms, and wind shear. The course emphasizes practical concepts and critical decision-making to enable students to retain and use the information in real world low-level operations, and to mitigate hazardous weather conditions such as thunderstorms or winter flight conditions. Prerequisite: AV 108 or GSCI 109


Course Requisites:
Course prerequisite: Take AV110
Course prerequisite: Take GSCI109