气候科学旨在增进我们对环境变化和变化的条件以及影响这些条件的自然和人为影响的过程和事件的理解。计划领域包括气候物理学（热力学，辐射和云过程） ），大气动力学（力和流），测量（微气候方法和仪器，遥感）以及用于数据分析和合成的计算方法。通常需要至少三个学年的研究生工作。预计学生将在硕士学位后至少连续两年居住（全日制）。通过博士学位 该计划要求学生学习气候学常识，包括气候学物理学（热力学，辐射和云过程），大气动力学（力和流量），测量（微气候方法和仪器，遥感）和用于数据分析的计算方法和合成。还希望学生在两个领域中
Program areas include the physics of climatology (thermodynamics, radiation and cloud processes), atmospheric dynamics (forces and flows), measurement (microclimatological methods and instrumentation, and remote sensing) and computational methods for data analysis and synthesis.<br><br>Students in our climatology degree programs study the climate, which is usually considered to be an average of weather conditions over a long period of time, along with understanding the variability of climate and its extreme events. Studies in this area will include land-ocean-atmosphere interactions, as well as the role of the sun and astronomical forces. The skills students develop in weather and climate prediction are important skills used in the agricultural, tourism, disaster management, resource management, communication and renewable energy industries.<br><br>Our program boasts a solid tradition of climate research with strong connections between weather and various sectors of society such as renewable energy, disaster management and agriculture. Students have immediate access to climate and weather experts and resources through the Office of the Delaware State Climatologist and the Center for Environmental Monitoring and Analysis, both based at the Department of Geography and Spatial Sciences along with the major. Students also benefit from strong, established partnerships with the National Weather Service, broadcast agencies and national climate centers.