The Land-Atmosphere Interaction Research Group prepares students for research careers in meteorology and global \ regional environmental science. Graduate students in Land-Atmosphere Interaction Research Group come from a variety of disciplines: Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Meteorology, Geography, and Ecology. Opportunities are broad enough that each of these backgrounds is valuable for specific subfields within the land-atmosphere interaction. Research projects and graduate courses in the Land-Atmosphere Interaction Research Group are closely related, and the well-prepared graduate student may expect to begin research work rather quickly.

The Land-Atmosphere Interaction Research Group offers programs of graduate study leading to the degrees of Master of Sciences (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.).