School of Meteorology
Oklahoma's diverse and dangerous weather has provided the setting to help make the University of Oklahoma's School of Meteorology (SoM) a world leader in education and research in mesoscale and storm-scale meteorology, surface and boundary-layer observations, and in the development and applications of weather radars.
As one of the largest atmospheric science programs in the nation, the SoM’s internationally recognized faculty have a wide range of expertise, including remote sensing and surface-based instrumentation, synoptic, mesoscale, tropical and dynamic meteorology, cloud physics and lightning processes, hydrometeorology, computer modeling, storm-scale numerical weather prediction and data assimilation, turbulence, boundary layer and urban meteorology, and studies of regional climate variability and processes.
The SoM provides a broad and challenging curriculum, with many optional minors and areas of concentration that enable students to be well prepared for careers in the government, research, educational and private sectors. The school supports its students with a variety of mentoring, tutoring, awards and scholarship programs, and has several active student clubs and organizations.
The SoM’s facilities include several computer and instrumentation laboratories, mobile weather radars and nearby field sites. It is co-located with Weather Sphere partners in the National Weather Center building on the University of Oklahoma's Research Campus.
“The School of Meteorology is at the center of 21st century weather education, research and operations. It is a great time to be a student here.” - Fred Carr, Director
National Weather Center Phone: 405.325.6561 |
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