11:670:461 Climate Dynamics
revised again, October 10, 2015
http://climate.envsci.rutgers.edu/climdyn2015/
Prerequisites: 11:670:324 DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE and 11:670:431 PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
Required Text:
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. Hartmann
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, TUESDAY |
Climate System - Atmosphere |
G1 |
Sept. 10 |
Climate System - Ocean |
G1 |
Sept. 14 |
Climate System - Ice and Land |
G1 |
Sept. 17 |
Climate Variability, El Niño, ENSO, QBO, AO |
G5, Hansen et al. (2010), McPhaden et al. (2006), McPhaden (2015) |
Sept. 21 |
IPCC, Reconstructing Past Climates |
G5, IPCC |
Sept. 24 |
Energy Balance |
G5 |
Sept. 28 |
Past Climate Change, Energy Balance |
G5, G2 |
Oct. 1 |
Water and Carbon Cycles |
G2 |
Oct. 5 |
Water and Carbon Cycles Term Paper Topic Due |
G2, Oki and Kanae (2006), Robock et al. (2000), Robock et al. (2003a) |
Oct. 8 |
Water and Carbon Cycles |
G2 |
Oct. 12 |
No class | |
Oct. 15 |
Exam 1 |
|
Oct. 19 |
Climate Modeling |
G3 |
Oct. 22 |
Radiative Forcing, Climate Feedbacks |
G4 |
Oct. 26 | Long-range Weather Forecasting | see handouts |
Oct. 29 | Future Climate Scenarios, Global Warming Term Paper Outline Due | G6, AR5 WG I Technical Summary |
Nov. 2 |
Global Warming |
G6 |
Nov. 5 |
Geoengineering | |
Nov. 9 |
Policy Debate |
|
Nov. 12 |
Volcanic Eruptions and Climate |
|
Nov. 16 |
Volcanic Eruptions and Climate |
|
Nov. 19 |
Ozone Hole | |
Nov. 23 | Nuclear Winter Term Paper Due | |
Nov. 26 |
THANKSGIVING |
|
Nov. 30 |
World Climate Exercise |
|
Dec. 3 |
Term Paper Presentations |
|
Dec. 7 |
Term Paper Presentations | |
Dec. 10 | Final Exam Review | |
Dec. 21, noon - 3pm | Final Exam |
*G = Chapter in Goosse
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 October 10, 2015