ESE/GE 148a - CLIMATE
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T.A. Tim Merlis and Zhihong Tan - office hours TBD
162 South Mudd MWF @ 2:00 PM
First Class – Monday, 27 September, 2010
Textbooks:
1) Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics, Marshall and Plumb, Elsevier, 2008
2) Principles of Planetary Climate, Pierrehumbert, Cambridge University Press, 20?? (copies to be provided).
P/F daily homework 25%; problem set (every other week) 20%; an oral presentation 20%; final exam 35%
Oral presentations: Each student gets a particular month, e.g., January 2009. Please choose ONE published article on climate (journals such as Science and Nature, Climate Dyn., J. Climate, Geophys. Res. Lett., J. Atmos. Sci., J Phys. Oceanog., J. Geophys. Res., are all acceptable). The student gives a 10-minute talk. The goal is to instruct the class, and the class is responsible for the material presented. Please hand in a written report (an example is here )
Schedule of Lectures and Topics (by week):
Week 1 and 2: Global Energy Balance; orbital dynamics
Week 2 and 3: History and Evolution of Mars, Venus, and Earth's Climate
Week 4: History and Evolution of Earth's Climate; Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Climate
Week 5: The Energy Balance of the Surface
Week 6: The Hydrological Cycle
Week 7: Climate Sensitivity and Feedback Mechanisms
Week 8: Natural Climate Change
Week 9: Anthropogenic Climate Change
Week 10: Economics and politics of global warming
Last Week: Student talks
Syllabus, Reading, and Problem Sets
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9/27 - Notes 9/29 - Notes |
Pierrehumbert – handout 1 Marshall & Plumb – Chap. 1 & 2 |
None Today |
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10/1 - Notes |
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10/4 - Notes |
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10/6 -Notes |
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10/8 – Notes |
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Ticket vacation |
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10/13 No Class |
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10/15 - Notes |
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10/18 -Notes |
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10/20-Notes |
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You will need the following matlab scripts: |
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10/22 Notes |
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10/25-Notes |
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Ticket Vacation! |
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10/27-Notes |
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11/1 - Notes 11/3 No new notes |
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11/5 - Notes |
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11/8 - Notes |
Choose Presentation. |
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11/12 - notes |
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11/15 notes |
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Ticket vacation |
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11/17- Notes |
; Arrhenius; Also, please start reading the
"Summary
for Policymakers" and the "Technical
Summary " |
Read this paper: |
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11/19 – Notes |
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11/22 |
NAS Report; Lindzen critique; It's a wonderful world approach: (1) and (2);Reports - Also check at the satellite temp record; Also, where climate scientists blog. |
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11/24 - 11/29 |
No Lecture - Hand in problem set in North Mudd 1st floor hallway box. |
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12/1 - |
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12/2 |
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12/3 |
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12/8 |
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