11:670:461 Climate Dynamics
Prerequisites: 11:670:324 DYNAMICS OF THE ATMOSPHERE and 11:670:431 PHYSICAL METEOROLOGY
Required Text:
Hartmann, Dennis L., 2016: Global Physical Climatology, 2nd Edition (Elsevier, Amsterdam), 498 pp.
Reference Texts:
Other climate textbooks:
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. 8 |
Introduction |
H1 |
Sept. 12 |
Climate System |
H1 |
Sept. 15 |
Global Energy Balance |
H2 |
Sept. 19 |
Global Energy Balance |
H2 |
Sept. 22 |
Climate Variations - Data Analysis Methods |
|
Sept. 26 |
Climate Variations - Observations, Reananalysis |
|
Sept. 29 |
Radiative Transfer |
H3 |
Oct. 3 |
Energy Balance of the Surface |
H4 |
Oct. 6 |
Energy Balance of the Surface Term Paper Topic Due |
H4 |
Oct. 10 |
Energy Balance of the Surface |
H4 |
Oct. 13 |
Hydrologic Cycle |
|
Oct. 17 |
Hydrologic Cycle |
H5 |
Oct. 20 |
Atmospheric and Oceanic General Circulation |
H6, H7 |
Oct. 24 |
Midterm Exam |
|
Oct. 27 |
Climate Variability, El Niņo, ENSO, QBO, AO |
|
Oct. 31 | Long-range Weather Forecasting Term Paper Outline Due | see handouts |
Nov. 3 | Future Climate Scenarios, Global Warming | |
Nov. 7 |
Global Warming |
H13 |
Nov. 10 |
Geoengineering | |
Nov. 14 |
Policy Debate |
|
Nov. 17 |
Volcanic Eruptions and Climate |
H12, Robock (2000) |
Nov. 21 |
Ozone Hole | |
Nov. 22, TUESDAY |
Nuclear Winter Term Paper Due | |
Nov. 24 | THANKSGIVING | |
Nov. 28 |
World Climate Exercise |
H13 |
Dec. 1 |
Term Paper Presentations |
|
Dec. 5 |
Term Paper Presentations |
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Dec. 8 |
Term Paper Presentations | |
Dec. 12 |
No class | |
Dec. 22, noon - 3 pm | FINAL EXAM |
* H = Chapter in Hartmann
Course grade will be determined by:
Homework |
20% |
Term paper |
25% (paper 15%, oral 10%) |
Midterm exam |
25% |
Final exam |
30% |
|
100% |
Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on July 24, 2016