Exploring term Fall 2023 Change
- ACAN: Arts of Canada
- ADMN: Public Administration
- AE: Art Education
- AGEI: Ageing
- AHVS: Art History and Visual Studies
- ANTH: Anthropology
- ART: Visual Arts
- ARTS: Arts
- ASL: American Sign Language
- ASTR: Astronomy
- ATWP: Academic and Technical Writing Program
- BCMB: Biochemistry and Microbiology
- BIOC: Biochemistry
- BIOL: Biology
- BME: Biomedical Engineering
- CE: Community Engagement
- CHEM: Chemistry
- CIVE: Civil Engineering
- COM: Commerce
- CS: Canadian Studies
- CSC: Computer Science
- CW: Creative Writing (En'owkin Centre)
- CYC: Child and Youth Care
- DHUM: Digital Humanities
- DSST: Disability Studies (DSS)
- ECE: Electrical and Computer Engineering
- ECON: Economics
- ED-D: Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies
- ED-P: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDCI: Curriculum and Instruction Studies
- EDUC: Education
- ENGR: Engineering
- ENSH: English
- ENT: Entrepreneurship
- EOS: Earth and Ocean Sciences
- EPHE: Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education
- ER: Environmental Restoration
- ES: Environmental Studies
- EUS: European Studies
- FA: Fine Arts
- FRAN: French and Francophone Studies
- GDS: Global Development Studies
- GEOG: Geography
- GMST: Germanic Studies
- GNDR: Gender Studies
- GREE: Greek
- GRS: Greek and Roman Studies
- HDCC: Human Dimensions of Climate Change
- HINF: Health Information Science
- HLTH: Health
- HS: Health and Society
- HSD: Human and Social Development
- HSTR: History
- HUMA: Humanities
- IB: International Business
- ICDG: Indigenous Community Development and Governance
- IED: Indigenous Education
- IGOV: Indigenous Governance
- INGH: Indigenous Health Studies
- INTS: International Health Studies
- IS: Indigenous Studies
- ISP: Intercultural Studies and Practice
- ITAL: Italian
- LAS: Latin American Studies
- LATI: Latin
- LAW: Law
- LING: Linguistics
- MATH: Mathematics
- MDIA: Media Studies
- MECH: Mechanical Engineering
- MEDI: Medieval Studies
- MEDS: Medical Science
- MICR: Microbiology
- MRNE: Marine Science
- MUS: Music
- NURS: Nursing
- PAAS: Pacific and Asian Studies
- PHIL: Philosophy
- PHYS: Physics
- POLI: Political Science
- PORT: Portuguese
- PSYC: Psychology
- RCS: Religion, Culture and Society
- SCIE: Science
- SENG: Software Engineering
- SJS: Social Justice Studies
- SLST: Slavic Studies
- SMGT: Service Management
- SOCI: Sociology
- SOCW: Social Work
- SOSC: Social Science
- SPAN: Spanish
- STAT: Statistics
- TCA: Transformative Climate Action
- THEA: Theatre
- TS: Technology and Society
- VIRS: Visiting International Research Studies
- VKUR: Valerie Kuehne Undergraduate Research Award
- WRIT: Writing
- GEOG100: Geography for Today
- GEOG101A: Environment, Society and Sustainability
- GEOG101B: Space, Place and Society
- GEOG103: Introduction to Physical Geography
- GEOG104: Our Digital Earth
- GEOG130: Climate Change
- GEOG209: Introduction to Environmental Management
- GEOG211: Political and Economic Geography
- GEOG218: Social and Cultural Geography
- GEOG220: Weather and Climate
- GEOG222: Introduction to Maps and GIS
- GEOG226: Introduction to Quantitative Methods in Geography
- GEOG227: Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Geography
- GEOG228: Introduction to Remote Sensing
- GEOG230: Introduction to Environmental Data Analysis
- GEOG252: Introduction to Coastal Geography
- GEOG272: Introduction to Climatology and Hydrology
- GEOG274: Introduction to Biogeography
- GEOG276: Introduction to Geomorphology
- GEOG301: Environmental Impact Assessment
- GEOG303: Conservation and Ecology of Whales
- GEOG304: Coastal Conservation
- GEOG306: Geography of Canada
- GEOG309: Geography of British Columbia
- GEOG310: Global Migration
- GEOG313: Field Studies in Mountain Meteorology
- GEOG314: Global Environment Change and Human Response
- GEOG315: Geocaching
- GEOG316: Field Studies in Human Geography
- GEOG317: Field Studies in Sustainable Communities
- GEOG318: Indigenous Geographies
- GEOG319: Remote Sensing of the Environment using Passive Sensors
- GEOG322: Remote Sensing of the Environment using Active Sensors
- GEOG323: Cartography
- GEOG324: Directions in Geography
- GEOG325: Field Surveying
- GEOG328: GIS Analysis
- GEOG329: GIS Applications and Tools
- GEOG332: Urban Development in the Global South
- GEOG339: Disaster Management and Community Resilience
- GEOG340: Cities and Planning
- GEOG346: Health, Environment and Community
- GEOG347B: Geographies of Development
- GEOG353: Coastal and Marine Resource Management
- GEOG357: Parks and Protected Areas
- GEOG358: Landscape Ecology
- GEOG370: Hydrology
- GEOG371: Water Resources Management
- GEOG373: Applied Climatology
- GEOG376: Process Geomorphology
- GEOG380: Community Mapping
- GEOG386: Contemporary Geopolitics
- GEOG388: Topics in Regional Studies
- GEOG391: Topics in Geography
- GEOG404: Space and Power
- GEOG405: Dynamics of the Cryosphere
- GEOG406: Sustainable Cities
- GEOG407: Activism and Community-Based Planning
- GEOG409: Personal Space
- GEOG411: Community-based Participatory Research
- GEOG418: Advanced Spatial Analysis and Geo-statistics
- GEOG420: Field Studies in Coastal Geomatics
- GEOG422: Advanced Topics in Remote Sensing
- GEOG424: Field Studies in Coastal Geomorphology
- GEOG428: Advanced Topics in Geographic Information Sciences
- GEOG438: Aquaculture in British Columbia
- GEOG450: Environment and Sustainability in Practice
- GEOG453: Field Studies in Coastal and Marine Management
- GEOG456: Wildlife Conservation
- GEOG457: Marine Protected Areas
- GEOG474: Field Studies in Biogeography
- GEOG476: Advanced Topics in Geomorphology
- GEOG477: Field Studies in Physical Geography
- GEOG484: Advanced Topics in Weather and Climate
- GEOG487: Advanced Landscape Ecology
- GEOG489: Climate Solutions
- GEOG490: Directed Studies in Geography
- GEOG491: Advanced Topics in Geography
- GEOG499A: Honours Thesis
- GEOG499B: Honours Thesis
GEOG220
Weather and Climate
An introduction to the physical processes that determine Earth’s weather and climate. Topics include atmospheric composition, flows of energy through the atmosphere, small-scale and large-scale winds, cloud and precipitation processes, climate change.
Lecture: 3h
Lab: 0h
Tutorial: 2h
Credits: 1.5