Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0

• 40. - Physical sciences
• 40.04 - Atmospheric sciences and meteorology

40.0402 - Atmospheric chemistry and climatology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of atmospheric constituents, reactions, measurement techniques, and processes in predictive, current, and historical contexts. These programs include courses in climate modelling, gases and aerosols, trace gases, aqueous phase chemistry, sinks, transport mechanisms, computer measurement, climate variability, paleoclimatology, climate diagnosis, numerical modelling and data analysis, ionization, recombination, photoemission, and plasma chemistry.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • atmospheric chemistry
  • atmospheric chemistry and climatology

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • atmospheric physics(40.0403)
  • atmospheric sciences(40.0401)
  • chemistry(40.0501)
  • climatology(30.3501)
  • Earth science(40.0601)
  • meteorological technician(41.0399)
  • meteorology(40.0404)