Links to class notes will be inserted below one to two days
after the lecture.

Week 1 Notes
      Wednesday 3/28:  Introduction to systems and feedbacks
      Thursday 3/29:  Daisyworld
      Friday 3/30 (+ Monday 4/2):  Radiation

Week 2 Notes
      Tuesday 4/3 + Wednesday 4/4:  Planeraty Energy Balance and the greenhouse effect
      Thursday 4/5:  Vertical mixing in the atmosphere

Week 3 Notes
      Monday 4/9: The role of moisture in convection
      Tuesday 4/10: Poleward transport of heat by atmospheric motions
      Wednesday 4/11: Global pattern of temperature and rainfall
      Thursday 4/12: Climate zones; factors that influence vegetation

Week 4 Notes
      Tuesday 4/17: The hydrosphere; Vertical structure of the Oceans
      Wednesday 4/18: The marine biosphere; Wind-driven ocean circulation
      Thursday 4/19: The thermohaline circulation
      Friday 4/20: The cryosphere

Week 6 Notes - class presentations
      Monday 4/30: Group A - Overview of history of Earth
      Tuesday 5/01: Group B - The last 100 million years
      Wednesday 5/02: Group C - The last 1 million years
      Thursday 5/03: Group D - The last 20,000 years
      Friday 5/04: Group E - The last 2,000 years
      Monday - Friday: Group X - Evidence of past climates
      Wednesday - Friday: Group Y - Impact of climate on human history

Week 7 Notes 
      Monday 5/07: Guest lecture by Melanie Fitzpatrick on ice cores
      Tuesday 5/08: Review of Paleoclimates
      Wednesday 5/09: Milankovitch cycles
      Thursday 5/10: BBC documentary "The Big Chill"
      Friday 5/11: Evidence of global warming, guest lecture by Professor Gammon

Week 8 Notes 
      Monday 5/14: Review session for Midterm #2.
      Friday 5/18: NOVA/Frontline video: "What's up with the weather?"

Week 9 Notes 
      Wednesday 5/24: Global warming policy issues
      Friday 5/18: Acid rain

Week 10 Notes 
      Tuesday 5/29: Ozone hole I 
      Wednesday 5/30: Ozone hole II

 Last Updated:
05/31/2001