16:107:545 and 11:670:325 - PHYSICAL CLIMATOLOGY
Prerequisite: Graduate or advanced undergraduate standing. A basic course in meteorology or climatology.
Required Text:
Hartmann, Dennis L., 1994: Global Physical Climatology, (Academic Press, San Diego), 411 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/ipccreports/ar4-syr.htm 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/ipccreports/ar4-wg1.htm
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/ipccreports/ar4-wg2.htm
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/ipccreports/ar4-wg3.htm
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.usgcrp.gov/
Professor Alan Robock
Room 225, Environmental and Natural Resources Building
Phone: 732-932-9800 x6222, E-mail: robock@envsci.rutgers.edu
Classes in Room 323, Environmental and Natural Resources Building
Monday and Thursday, 12:35 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.
TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE
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Date |
Subject |
Reading* |
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Sept. 4 |
Introduction |
H1, SSP, ISP, ITS |
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Sept. 8 |
Climate System |
H1, I1, Robock (1985) |
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Sept. 11 |
Climate System, ENSO |
H1, I1, McPhaden et al. (2006) |
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Sept. 15 |
Global Energy Balance |
H2 |
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Sept. 18 |
Climate Variations - Data Analysis Methods |
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Sept. 22 |
Climate Variations - Observations |
H8, I3, I4, I5, I6, NAS report, Cazenave (2006) |
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Sept. 25 |
Radiative Transfer |
H3 |
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Sept. 29 |
Energy Balance of the Surface |
H4 |
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Oct. 2 |
Energy Balance of the Surface Term Paper Topic Due |
H4 |
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Oct. 6 |
Energy Balance of the Surface |
H4 |
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Oct. 9 |
Hydrologic Cycle |
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Oct. 13 |
Hydrologic Cycle |
H5 |
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Oct. 16 |
Atmospheric and Oceanic General Circulation (Prof. Broccoli) |
H6, H7 |
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Oct. 20 |
Soil Moisture Observations and Modeling |
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Oct. 23 |
Case Studies: Monsoons, Snow Cover, and Soil Moisture; Solar Dimming and Summer Soil Moisture Trends |
Robock et al. (2003b), Robock et al. (2005), Robock and Li (2006) |
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Oct. 27 |
Climate Sensitivity and Feedback Mechanisms Term Paper Outline Due |
H9, I7 |
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Oct. 30 |
Climate Models - Energy Balance and Radiative-Convective Models |
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Nov. 3 |
Climate Models - General Circulation Models |
H10, I8 |
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Nov. 6 |
Volcanic Eruptions - Observations, Data Analyses |
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Nov. 10 |
Volcanic Eruptions - Model Calculations |
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Nov. 13 |
Volcanic Eruptions - Model Calculations |
Stenchikov et al. (2004), Stenchikov et al. (2006), Oman et al. (2005), Oman et al. (2006a), Oman et al. (2006b) |
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Nov. 17 |
Nuclear Winter | |
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Nov. 20 |
Nuclear Winter | |
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Nov. 24 |
Anthropogenic Climate Forcing |
H12, I2 |
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Tuesday, Nov. 25 |
Climate Model Simulations of Greenhouse Warming Term Paper Due |
H12, I10 |
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Dec. 1 |
Detection and Attribution of Anthropogenic Forcing |
H12, I9, Vinnikov et al. (1999), Soden et al. (2002), Vinnikov et al. (2006) |
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Dec. 4 |
Policy Responses |
handouts, Exxon report, Carbon Offsets |
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Dec. 8 |
Geoengineering Final Exam Due | |
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Dec. 11, 3:00-6:00 pm, room 223 |
Term Paper Presentations |
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* H = Chapter in Hartmann, I = Chapter in IPCC WG I Report (SP = Summary for Policymakers, TS = Technical Summary), S = IPCC Synthesis Report.
Course grade will be determined by:
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Class participation |
10% |
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Homework |
10% |
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Term paper |
25% (paper 15%, oral 10%) |
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Midterm exam |
25% |
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Final exam |
30% |
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100% |
Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on November 25, 2008