TransfermaticGEOG at Rancho Santiago College

    GEOG 130 - Introduction to Weather and Climate

    Recent Professors
    John M. Conley
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2026
    Class Size
    40 students
    Credits
    3
    Spring 2026 Sections
    View Spring 2026 sections of GEOG 130
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1
    Description
    This course examines weather and climate patterns of the earth from a geographic perspective including atmospheric structure and composition, solar radiation and energy balances, temperature, seasonal changes, atmospheric moisture, clouds and fog, precipitation, air pressure, winds, air masses and fronts, cyclonic and anticyclonic systems, weather forecasting, adiabatics, climate, and climate change.