由地球和海洋科学系和地理系共同赞助的大气科学计划，进行大气科学的教学和研究。这是一个跨学科课程，不仅来自这两个系，而且来自农业科学，化学和应用科学学院的教职员工，研究范围包括边界层和城市气象学，大气化学和空气污染，气候和气候多变性，天气与气候预测，云物理学，大气-海洋相互作用，地球物理流体动力学以及大气与土地（尤其是植被和土壤）之间的相互作用有关。
Atmospheric scientists use principles of classical physics to study, explain, and predict atmospheric behavior on scales ranging from turbulent eddies through storm clouds to earth's global circulation. We are motivated by weather-related big societal issues including climate change, air quality, and renewable energy. Important tools include big data (statistics, machine learning, scientific programming), geographic information systems and remote sensing. Our methods include lab experiments, field experiments, numerical weather prediction, and climate simulation. We support our grad students with government grants for pure research, with industry contracts for tailored meteorological applications, and with teaching assistantships. The UBC atmospheric science (ATSC) program is interdisciplinary, with professors in the departments of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Geography, Chemistry, Mathematics, Soil Science, and Mechanical Engineering. Internationally recognized textbooks written by ATSC professors over the past four decades span topics from the atmospheric boundary layer and urban climates to practical meteorology.