Lecture |
Topic |
Section and Chapters |
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I FRAMEWORK OF CLIMATE SCIENCE |
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1 |
Introduction |
Part I |
2 |
Weather
and climate
[Additional
reading:
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Ch. 1,
p. 1-16, See Chapter-1 of the text |
3 |
Radiation and the atmosphere [Additional reading:
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[See
http://bcs.whfreeman.com/ruddiman2e/content/cat_010/EarthsClimate_Web_Chapter.pdf
or EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf, p.
1-5] |
4 |
Heat
transfer and energy balance [Additional reading:
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[Ch. 1,
p. 5; See
EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf, p.
6-15] |
5 and movie (clip) |
General
circulation of the atmosphere
[Additional reading:
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[see
EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf,
p. 15-22] |
6 |
The
hydrologic cycle
[Additional reading:
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[see
EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf,
p. 10, 16-17, 21, 31-32, 34] |
7 |
The
Oceans (1): Surface Oceans
[Additional reading:
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[EarthsClimate_Web_Chapter.pdf,
p. 22-24] |
8 |
The
Oceans (2):
Thermohaline circulation |
[EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf,
p. 24-27] |
9 |
Air-Sea Interactions (ENSO, NAO)
[Additional reading:
El
Nino-Southern Oscillation;
El Nino,
ENSO
Are we having a warm or a cold phase
of ENSO? see Current Synopsis and Prediction:
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/ensodisc.html ]
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[EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf,
p. 22-27; Ch. 16, p. 299-302; Ch. 17, p. 321-324] |
10 |
Sea Ice and Glacial
Ice
[Additional reading:
Glaciers
Moraine and
Ice sheets
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[EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf,
p. 8, 27-30; Ch. 2, p. 21; Ch. 10, p. 176-177] |
11 |
Biosphere
[Additional reading:
Biosphere
Gaia
Hypothesis from Wikipedia] |
[EarthsClimate_Web_Chapter.pdf,
p. 30-35] |
12 |
Carbon
Cycle [Additional reading:
Carbon cycle
from Wikipedia
USGCRP Global Carbon Cycle Science
Plan
and
Strategic Research Questions
http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/stratplan2003/final/ccspstratplan2003-chap7.htm
Modeling the effect of climate on
ecosystems] |
[EarthsClimate_Chapter2.pdf,
p. 30-35; Ch. 3, 46-47; Ch. 3 (p. 53-58)] |
13 |
Climate Modeling
[Additional reading:
Earth
System Modeling Framework (
http://www.esmf.ucar.edu/ )
Can we trust what the models tell us and why?
The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
AR4 Report
Summary
for Policy Makers] |
Ch. 2 (p.
31-39) |
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Exam
1: covers Chapter 1, 2 and all class materials February
18 |
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II TECTONIC-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE |
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14 |
Natural Recorders of
Past Climate: Proxy Data
[Additional reading: what does a
proxy
mean in climate research,
Geochronology,
Radiometric dating,
Ice Core Dating
]
|
Part I,
Ch. 2 (p. 17-31) |
15 |
Why
Study the Past Climate? [See also
palaeoclimate] |
Lecture
notes and a movie (The Climate Puzzle) |
16 |
Oxygen
Isotopes
[Additional reading:
oxygen isotope data] |
Appendix I: p.
360-361; Ch. 6.2, p. 100-101 |
17 |
Tectonic-scale Climate Change [Greenhouse/Ice
House Earth; Plate Tectonics and Ice House
Intervals; Tectonic-scale CO2
Fluctuations, The Cretaceous greenhouse climate, Global Cooling
Trend in the Last 50 Myr]
[Additional reading:
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[Color-coded page numbers correspond to the topics on the left.]
Ch. 4, 64-67,
71-80, Ch. 5,
p. 81-86; |
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III ORBITAL-SCALE CLIMATE CHANGE |
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18 |
Orbital variations
and their impacts on insolation received on Earth [Additional reading:
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Part III,
p. 116-117; Chapter 7
(p. 119-136) and Chapter 8 (137-153) |
19 |
Orbital
changes in ice sheets [Milankovitch cycles
or
Check it
here] |
Chapter
9 (p. 163-174, Ch. 12 (p 210-228) |
20 |
Ice core records: CO2,
CH4, dust, carbon isotopes and orbital changes in deep water |
Chapter
10 (p. 175-190); Appendix II: p363-364 |
21 |
Orbital-scale
interactions, feedbacks, and unsolved problems
[Additional reading:
glaciation,
Timeline of glaciation,
Pleistocene,
Eemian Interglacial] |
Chapter 11
(p. 191-205) |
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IV DEGLACIAL AND MILLENNIAL CLIMATE CHANGE |
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22 |
Survey of the last
glacial maximum |
Part IV,
p. 205-206; Chapter 12 (p. 209-224) |
23 (7 April) |
The last deglaciation and climate changes in
the last 7000 years |
Ch. 13 (p229-249) |
24 |
Millennial changes:
δ18O in ice sheets
[Additional reading:
GRIP,
GISP2] |
Chapter
14 (p. 251-261) |
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Exam 2, April 1, covers Chapters 2-12, see review questions, notes of lectures and
labs |
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V HISTORICAL AND FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE |
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25 |
Historical climate:
Medieval climate optimum,
Little Ice Age,
Maunder Minimum,
Year Without A Summer |
Part V,
p. 270-271; Chapter 16 (p. 287-308) |
26 |
climate impact of volcano
and sunspots |
Chapter
16 (p. 303-306) |
27 |
Historical climate:
instrument records
[additional reading:
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Chapter
17 (p. 309-324) |
28 |
Anthropogenic increase of
greenhouse gases
[Additional reading:
CO2,
CH4,
N2O,
Climate surprise,
Enhanced "greenhouse" warming
or
global
warming
Effects
of global warming]
|
Chapter 18
(p. 325-335) |
29 |
The greenhouse
debate: natural changes and CO2 sensitivity
[Additional reading:
List of scientists opposing global warming consensus] |
Chapter 18
(p. 325-335) |
30
Supplementary (Geoengineering) |
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Chapter
18 (p. 325-335) |
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Exam 3 (29 April) covers Chapters
13-18, and lecture notes |
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31 (April 29) |
Group
Poster Presentation I |
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32 (May 2) |
Group
Poster Presentation II |
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33
(May 4) |
Group
Poster Presentation III |
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Final Exam Wednesday 12 May, 2010 (7:00pm-10:00pm), JGB 2.216.
Final exam is cumulative, so it covers Chapters 18-19, lecture notes,
poster presentations, AND everything else taught in the semester.
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