11:670:461 Climate Dynamics
Prerequisites: 11:670:324 DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE and 11:670:431 PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
Required Text:
Cook, Kery H., 2013: Climate Dynamics, (Princeton University Press, Princeton), 200 pp.
Reference Texts:
IPCC:
AR4 Synthesis Report: Core Writing Team, Pachauri, R.K, and Reisinger, A., Eds. (2007), Climate Change 2007: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland), 104 pp. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.html Summary for Policymakers
Working Group I Report: Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K. B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H. L. Miller, Eds. (2007), Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA), 996 pp. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg1/en/contents.html
Working Group II Report: Parry, M. L., O. F. Canziani, J. P. Palutikof, P. J. van der Linden and C. E. Hanson, Eds. (2007), Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK), 976 pp. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg2/en/contents.html
Working Group III Report: Metz, B., O. R. Davidson, P. R. Bosch, R. Dave, and L. A. Meyer, Eds. (2007), Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA), 851 pp. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg3/en/contents.html
Other climate textbooks:
Hartmann, Dennis L., 1994: Global Physical Climatology, (Academic Press, San Diego), 411 pp.
Peixoto, José P., and Abraham H. Oort, 1992: Physics of Climate, (American Institute of Physics, New York), 520 pp.
Trenberth, Kevin E., Ed., 1992: Climate System Modeling, (Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge), 788 pp.
For links to other important global warming source material, visit the US Global Change Research Program web page, http://www.globalchange.gov/
Learning Goals:
Upon completion of this class, students will be able to:
Professor Alan Robock
Room 225, Environmental and Natural Resources Building
Phone: 848-932-5751, E-mail: robock@envsci.rutgers.edu
Classes in Room 223, Environmental and Natural Resources Building
Monday and Thursday, 12:35 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
CLASS SCHEDULE (Revised 11/3/2013)
Date |
Subject |
Reading* |
Sept. 5 |
Introduction |
C1 |
Sept. 9 |
Observed Climatology |
C2 |
Sept. 12 |
Observed Climatology |
C2 |
Sept. 16 |
Observed Climatology |
C2 |
Sept. 19 |
Observed Climate Variations; ENSO, QBO, AO, teleconnections |
|
Sept. 23 |
Radiative Processes |
C4 |
Sept. 26 |
IPCC, Thermodynamics |
C5 |
Sept. 30 |
Dynamics, Atmospheric General Circulation |
C6, C7 |
Oct. 3 |
Oceanic General Circulation Term Paper Topic Due |
C8 |
Oct. 7 |
Exam 1 |
|
Oct. 10 |
Hydrologic Cycle (lecture by Tom Collow) |
|
Oct. 14 |
Soil Moisture Observations and Modeling |
|
Oct. 17 |
Long-range Weather Forecasting |
see handouts |
Oct. 21 |
Radiative Forcing |
C10 |
Oct. 24 |
Climate Change Processes |
C11 |
Oct. 28 | Climate Models | C12 |
Oct. 31 | Global Warming | AR5 WG I Technical Summary |
Nov. 4 |
Global Warming, Volcanic Eruptions and Climate | |
Nov. 7 |
Volcanic Eruptions and Climate Term Paper Outline Due |
|
Nov. 11 |
Exam 2 |
|
Nov. 14 |
Geoengineering |
|
Nov. 18 |
Ozone Hole | |
Nov. 21 |
Nuclear Winter | |
Nov. 25 | Impacts of Climate Change, Policy Responses Term Paper Due | AR5 WGII, Poland Coal, Carbon Offsets, Exxon report |
Nov. 26, TUESDAY |
Policy Debate |
|
Nov. 28 |
THANKSGIVING |
|
Dec. 2 |
Term Paper Presentations |
|
Dec. 5 |
Term Paper Presentations | |
Dec. 9 |
No class | |
Dec. 17, noon - 3 pm | Final Exam |
*C = Chapter in Cook, I = Chapter in IPCC WG I Report
Course grade will be determined by:
Homework |
20% |
Term paper |
20% (paper 10%, oral 10%) |
Exams |
30% |
Final exam |
30% |
|
100% |
Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on November 3, 2013