16:107:545 Physical Climatology - List of Handouts

  1. Syllabus (9/4)
  2. Lorenz, Edward, 1972: "The Butterfly Effect" (9/4)
  3. Climate PowerPoint (9/4)
  4. Daily sea ice from NSIDC (9/4)
  5. Term Paper Instructions (9/8)
  6. Homework 1 - Due September 15 (9/8)
  7. Latest RealClimate post (9/8)
  8. Worldmapper (9/8)
  9. Thompson, D. W. J., J. J. Kennedy, J. M. Wallace, P. D. Jones (2008), A large discontinuity in the mid-twentieth century in observed global-mean surface temperature, Nature, 453, 646-649, doi:10.1038/nature06982.  (9/11)
  10. Climate Prediction Center Global Monsoons website  (9/11)
  11. Year of Tropical Convection (YOTC) Science Plan  (9/11)
  12. Kerr, R. A. (2008), Seasonal-climate forecasts improving ever so slowly, Science, 321, 900-901. (9/18)
  13. Pfeffer, W. T., J. T. Harper, and S. O’Neel (2008), Kinematic constraints on glacier contributions to 21st-Century sea-level rise, Science, 321, 1340-1343.  (9/18)
  14. Rosenfeld, D., et al. (2008), Flood or drought: How do aerosols affect precipitation? Science, 321, 1309-1313. (9/18)
  15. Mann, M. E. (2008), Proxy-based reconstructions of hemispheric and global surface temperature variations over the past two millennia, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 105, 13,252–13,257. (9/18)
  16. Trenberth, K. E. (2008), What are the seasons? Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 64, 1276-1282. (9/18)
  17. Homework 2 - Due September 29 (9/22)
  18. Corrections to First Printing of Global Physical Climatology, and two small corrections to Second Printing. (9/22)
  19. COMET module on climatology (9/29)
  20. Global warming pollution increases 3 percent, by Seth Borenstein, AP, 9/25/08 (9/29)
  21. Stenchikov, G. L., and A. Robock (1995), Diurnal asymmetry of climatic response to increased CO2 and aerosols: forcings and feedbacks, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 26,211-26,227.
  22. Hansen, J., et al. (2005), Efficacy of climate forcings, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D18104, doi:10.1029/2005JD005776.  (9/29)
  23. Chang, Kenneth (2008), Sunspots are fewest since 1954, but significance is unclear, New York Times, October 3, p. A21  (10/6)
  24. The sunspot cycle  (10/6)
  25. Homework 3 - Due October 16  (10/6)
  26. Soil Moisture PowerPoint  (10/9)
  27. The Cryosphere Today, from Univ. of Illinois (10/13)
  28. Cox, Peter, and Chris Jones (2008), Illuminating the modern dance of climate and CO2, Science, 321, 1642-1644.  (10/20)
  29. Lean, Judith L., and David H. Rind (2008), How natural and anthropogenic influences alter global and regional surface temperatures: 1889 to 2006, Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L18701, doi:10.1029/2008GL034864.  (10/20)
  30. Midterm Exam - Due November 3 (10/23)
  31. Email from Marc Morano, staffer for Senator Inhofe, about climate change, Oct. 20, 2008.  Extra credit (10 points) for Midterm Exam - pick any two items and comment on each, pointing out what is correct and what is misleading. (10/24)
  32. Bonan, Gordon B., 2008:  Forests and climate change: Forcings, feedbacks, and the climate benefits of forests.  Science, 320, 1444-1449.  (11/10)
  33. The Sheep Albedo Feedback (11/10)
  34. Pierre-Humbert, Ray, 2008:  The Climate Book.  (11/10)
  35. Volcanic Eruptions and Climate PowerPoint (60 MB).  You will also need the movie, pin.AVI (11/10)
  36. RealClimate FAQ on Climate Models (11/13)
  37. Final Exam (11/25)
  38. Oral Evaluation Form (11/25)
  39. Global Warming Policy PowerPoint (12/4)
  40. The Pew Center on Global Climate Change (12/4)
  41. World Resources Institute Comparison of Greenhouse Bills (12/4)
  42. Statement from President Evo Morales to Poznan Conference of the Parties (12/4)
  43. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Inhofe Press Blog (12/4)
  44. Rosenthal, Elisabeth, 2008:  As more eat meat, a bid to reduce emissions, New York Times, December 4, 2008.  (12/4)
  45. Somerville, Richard C. J., 2008:  The ethics of climate change. Environment 360, Yale University. (12/8)
  46. Oral Presentation Schedule (12/8)

Prepared by Alan Robock (robock@envsci.rutgers.edu) - Last updated on  December 7, 2008