11:670:461 - Climate Dynamics - List of Handouts

  1. Syllabus (9/4)
  2. Lecture slides (9/4)
  3. Lorenz, Edward, 1972: "The Butterfly Effect" (9/4)
  4. Daily sea ice from NSIDC (9/4)
  5. Term Paper Instructions (9/4)
  6. Climate Prediction Center Global Monsoons website  (9/4)
  7. Homework 1 - Due September 11 or 15 (9/5)
  8. Skeptical Science website, with answers to all criticisms of global warming science (9/4)
  9. Richard Alley 2009 talk at AGU on "The Biggest Control Knob, Carbon Dioxide in Earth's Climate History" (9/4)
  10. Trenberth, K. E. (1983), What are the seasons? Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 64, 1276-1282. (9/4)
  11. COMET module on climatology (9/4)
  12. COMET course on climate change (9/4)
  13. Last Week with John Oliver, Climate Change Debate, 97 scientists vs. 3 deniers (9/4)
  14. Nelson, Robert A., 2003: Guide for Metric Practice, Physics Today, 56, No. 8 (Buyers’ Guide, August), BG15-BG16. (9/8)
  15. Metric System Review (9/8)
  16. How To Do Problems (9/8)
  17. Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, Y. Zhu, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K. C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, A. Leetmaa, R. Reynolds, R. Jenne, and D. Joseph, 1996: The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 437–471. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1996)077<0437:TNYRP>2.0.CO;2   (9/8)
  18. Kistler, R., E. Kalnay, W. Collins, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, M. Kanamitsu, V. Kousky, H. van den Dool, R. Jenne, and M. Fiorino, 2001: The NCEP-NCAR 50-Year Reanalysis: Monthly Means CD-ROM and Documentation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 247-268. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0247:TNNYRM>2.3.CO;2  PDF file (9/8)
  19. Dee DP, Uppala SM, Simmons AJ, Berrisford P, Poli P, Kobayashi S, Andrae U, Balmaseda MA, Balsamo G, Bauer P, Bechtold P, Beljaars ACM, van de Berg L, Bidlot J, Bormann N, Delsol C, Dragani R, Fuentes M, Geer AJ, Haimberger L, Healy SB, Hersbach H, Holm EV, Isaksen L, Kallberg P, Kohler M, Matricardi M, McNally AP, Monge-Sanz BM, Morcrette J-J, Park B-K, Peubey C, de Rosnay P, Tavolato C, Thepaut J-N, Vitart F., 2011: The ERA-Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 137, 553–597. DOI:10.1002/qj.828  PDF file (9/8)
  20. NCAR Climate Data Guide (9/8)
  21. ERA-Interim from NCAR Climate Data Guide (9/8)
  22. 97 hours of consensus (9/8)
  23. Weather reports for 2050, from the WMO (9/11)
  24. New National Science Foundation grant to provide climate content to the nation's weathercasters (9/11)
  25. Homework 1 sign ups (9/11)
  26. Climate Change Will Disrupt Half of North America’s Bird Species, Study Says, by Felicity Barringer, Sept. 8, 2014, New York Times (9/11)
  27. Boom in Energy Spurs Industry in the Rust Belt, by Nelson D. Schwartz, Sept. 8, 2014, New York Times (9/11)
  28. North American Multi-Model Ensemble (9/11)
  29. Sun and Wind Alter Global Landscape, Leaving Utilities Behind, by Justin Gillis, Sept. 13, 2014, New York Times (9/15)
  30. U.S. Moves to Reduce Global Warming Emissions, by Coral Davenport, Sept. 16, 2014, New York Times (9/18)
  31. Fixing Climate Change May Add No Costs, Report Says, by Justin Gillis, Sept. 16, 2014, New York Times (9/18)
  32. Homework 2 - Due September 29 (9/18)
  33. NOAA El Niño Page (9/18)
  34. PAGES   News, El Niño edition, August 2013 (9/18)
  35. El Niño - Southern Oscillation (ENSO), from State Climatologist of North Carolina (9/18)
  36. Pacific-North American Pattern (PNA), from State Climatologist of North Carolina (9/18)
  37. North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), from State Climatologist of North Carolina (9/18)
  38. Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), from State Climatologist of North Carolina (9/18)
  39. NASA GISS Temperature Analyses (9/18)
  40. Paleoclimate: The End of the Holocene, from RealClimate (9/18
  41. BAMS State of the Climate 2013  (9/18)
  42. Sir Gilbert Walker (9/18)
  43. QBO animation from Mark Baldwin (9/18)
  44. 3-D QBO visualization from Kevin Hamilton (9/18)
  45. To Save the Planet, Don’t Plant Trees, by Nadine Unger, Sept. 19, 2014, New York Times (9/22)
  46. Unger, Nadine, 2014: Human land-use-driven reduction of forest volatiles cools global climate. Nature Climate Change, doi:10.1038/nclimate2347. (9/22)
  47. Glaciers then and now (9/22)
  48. NASA | Six Decades of a Warming Earth (9/22)
  49. Homework 3 - Due October 6 (9/29)
  50. Nighttime radiation and cooling rates (9/29)
  51. Limiting global warming to 2°C – why Victor and Kennel are wrong, RealClimate (10/6)
  52. NOAA Long-Range Forecasting Discussion  (10/6)
  53. Kirtman, Ben, et al., 2013:  Prediction from Weeks to Decades. Chapter 8 in Climate Science for Serving Society, Ghassem R. Asrar and James W. Hurrell, Eds., (Springer, Dordrecht), 205-235.  (10/6)
  54. NOAA MJO forecast discussion  (10/6)
  55. QBO effects on seasonal forecasts  (10/6)
  56. ECMWF Forecast Products  (10/6)
  57. ECMWF Monthly Forecasting  (10/6)
  58. ECMWF Niño3.4 forecasts  (10/6)
  59. NOAA Official Forecast Products  (10/6)
  60. NOAA Medium Range Forecasts  (10/6)
  61. NOAA 30-day forecasts  (10/6)
  62. NOAA 3-month outlooks  (10/6)
  63. National Multi-Model Ensemble  (10/6)
  64. NOAA Probability of Exceedence Maps  (10/6)
  65. NOAA Climate Prediction Center  (10/6)
  66. Farmer's Almanac Winter Forecast  (10/6)
  67. Accuweather Winter Forecast  (10/6)
  68. Homework 4 - Due October 20 (10/9)
  69. Homework 5 - Due October 27 (10/20)
  70. Robock, Alan, 1985: An updated climate feedback diagram. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 66, 786-787.  (10/23)
  71. The Sheep Albedo Feedback  (10/23)
  72. Science at the Bleating Edge  (10/23)
  73. NOAA Interactive Data Viewer for Greenhouse Gases  (10/23)
  74. Latest Mauna Loa CO2 record  (10/23)
  75. Homework 6 - Due November 10 (10/23)
  76. Extra Credit - Due November 17 (10/23)
  77. Introduction to Climate Models from COMET (10/27)
  78. IPCC Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report Summary for Policy Makers (11/3)
  79. IPCC Fifth Assessment Synthesis Report - Full Report (11/3)
  80. "Climate Tools Seek to Bend Nature’s Path" by Henry Fountain, New York Times, November 9, 2014 (11/13)
  81. "Many experts say technology can't fix climate change," by Joseph Hall, Toronto Star, November 9, 2014 (11/13)
  82. "A tricky transition from fossil fuel," by Justin Gillis, New York Times, November 11, 2014  (11/13)
  83. FACT SHEET: U.S.-China Joint Announcement on Climate Change and Clean Energy Cooperation (11/13)
  84. Wobbling on Climate Change, by Piers J. Sellers, New York Times, November 12, 2014 (11/13)
  85. Climate Accord Relies on Environmental Policies Now in Place, by Henry Fountain and John Schwartz, November 13, 2014 (11/13)
  86. Climate Goals Pledged by China and the U.S., New York Times, November 13, 2014 (11/13)
  87. Robock, Alan, 2005: Tonight as I stand inside the rain: Bob Dylan and weather imagery. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 483-487.  (11/13)
  88. China, Coal, Climate, by Paul Krugman, New York Times, November 14, 2014 (11/17)
  89. Homework 7 - Due November 25 (11/17)
  90. Ozone Hole Comparison: 1979, 1987, 2006, 2011  (11/17)
  91. Extra Credit 2 - Due December 1 (11/17)
  92. Your Carbon Footprint (11/20)
  93. White House Climate Change Plan (11/20)
  94. "Shattering Myths to Help the Climate" by Robert H. Frank, New York Times, August 2, 2014 (11/20)
  95. "Corralling Carbon Before It Belches From Stack" by Henry Fountain, New York Times, July 21, 2014 (11/20)
  96. Soil Carbon Cowboys and other Peter Byck videos (11/20)
  97. Pathways to Deep Decarbonization, by Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)  (11/20)
  98. "Coal Rush in India Could Tip Balance on Climate Change" by Gardiner Harris, New York Times, November 18, 2014 (11/20)
  99. U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit (11/20)
  100. Homework 7 Teams (11/21)
  101. Headline Statements, IPCC AR5, Synthesis Report (11/24)
  102. Summary for Policymakers, IPCC AR5, Working Group 2 (11/24)
  103. Summary for Policymakers, IPCC AR5, Working Group 3 (11/24)
  104. Oral Presentation Schedule  (11/25)
  105. Oral presentation evaluation form  (11/25)
  106. How not to make a good PowerPoint  (11/25)

Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on November 25, 2014