11:670:461 Climate Dynamics
Prerequisites: 11:670:324 DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE and 11:670:431 PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
Required Text:
Cook, Kerry H., 2013: Climate Dynamics, (Princeton University Press,
Princeton), 200 pp.
Resources for
textbook, including color versions of figures.
Errata.
Reference Texts:
Other climate textbooks:
Hartmann, Dennis L., 1994: Global Physical Climatology, (Academic Press, San Diego), 411 pp.
Home page for
Physical Climatology at the University of Washington, taught by Prof. Harrmann
using this book.
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
Date |
Subject |
Reading* |
Sept. 4 |
Introduction |
|
Sept. 8 |
Observed Climatology |
C2 |
Sept. 11 |
Observed Climatology |
C2 |
Sept. 15 |
Observed Climatology |
C2 |
Sept. 18 |
Observed Climate Variations |
|
Sept. 22 |
Radiative Processes |
C4 |
Sept. 25 |
IPCC, Thermodynamics |
IPCC, C5 |
Sept. 29 |
Dynamics, Atmospheric General Circulation |
C6, C7 |
Oct. 2 |
Oceanic General Circulation, El Niņo Term Paper Topic Due |
|
Oct. 6 |
Long-range Weather Forecasting |
see handouts |
Oct. 9 |
Hydrologic Cycle, Soil Moisture |
C9, Oki and Kanae (2006), Robock et al. (2000), Robock et al. (2003a) |
Oct. 13 |
Exam 1 | |
Oct. 16 |
ENSO, QBO, AO, teleconnections (lecture by Corey Gabriel) |
|
Oct. 20 |
Radiative Forcing |
C10 |
Oct. 23 |
Climate Change Processes |
C11 |
Oct. 27 | Climate Models | C12 |
Oct. 30 | Global Warming Term Paper Outline Due | AR5 WG I Technical Summary |
Nov. 3 |
Global Warming, Volcanic Eruptions and Climate | |
Nov. 6 |
Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change (lecture by Lili Xia) |
|
Nov. 10 |
Volcanic Eruptions and Climate |
|
Nov. 13 |
Geoengineering |
|
Nov. 17 |
Ozone Hole | |
Nov. 20 |
Nuclear Winter | |
Nov. 24 | Impacts of Climate Change, Policy Responses Term Paper Due | AR5 WGII, Poland Coal, Carbon Offsets, Exxon report |
Nov. 25, TUESDAY |
Policy Debate |
|
Nov. 27 |
THANKSGIVING |
|
Dec. 1 |
Term Paper Presentations |
|
Dec. 4 |
Term Paper Presentations | |
Dec. 8 | Final exam review | |
Dec. 11, 9 am - noon | Final Exam |
*C = Chapter in Cook
Course grade will be determined by:
Homework |
20% |
Term paper |
30% (paper 20%, oral 10%) |
Exam |
20% |
Final exam |
30% |
|
100% |
Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on September 29, 2014