<p>Does anyone know the relative merits of the programs at UMich, U Wisc and Cornell? It's getting down to crunch time. Thanks.</p>
<p>Atmospheric science programs are usually, even if separate programs, best evaluated as part of the geology program as a whole. The atm. sci programs of all three are very good, with Cornell having the slightly better program than Michigan and Wisconsin. There's not much real difference on the undergrad level, though, so you should pick based on other criteria.</p>
<p>look at OU(huge in geology and atmospheric sciences with all the twisters up there) and PennState too</p>
<p>I don't think geology and most atmospheric science programs have much in common. I know at UW they are not at all connected. I know UM's program is more engineering oriented (it's in the E school) while UW's is more math theory and forecasting.</p>
<p>When I mentioned geology (perhaps I should have said earth science), I was referring to oceanography (specifically, physical oceanography), which has a great deal to do with atmospheric sciences. The ocean and atmospheric sciences are connected at Michigan (at least, I think so), and I read an article the other day about Michigan students doing storm/tornado chasing.</p>
<p>texas a&m has an excellent program in oceanography provided at its galveston campus.</p>
<p>top 8 atmospheric sciences programs according to Gourman Report undergrad:
Cornell
U Arizona
U Michigan
U Kansas
UC Davis
Purdue
UCLA
U Missouri Columbia</p>
<p>this is evidently different from meteorology?????
Cornell
MIT
Iowa St
Penn St
U Kansas
U Michigan
Purdue
NC St
U Oklahoma
Texas A&M</p>
<p>Rugg's lists 30 colleges for atmospheric sciences including Cornell and Wisconsin but overlooks Michigan.</p>