Schedule
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Week 9
- Week 10
- Week 11
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ATM S 211: Winter Quarter 2005
Climate and Climate Change
Climate and Climate Change
Schedule
| Day | Date | Lecture Topics | Req. reading | Assignt. |
| Week 1: Global Change: An Introduction | ||||
| M | Jan 3 | Course starts; Introduction | Chap 1 (all) | |
| Tu | Jan 4 | Evidence of global warming | ||
| W | Jan 5 | Ozone depletion; deforestation | ||
| Th | Jan 6 | Glacial-interglacial cycles; solar luminosity changes | ||
| F | Jan 7 | Math & chem | ||
| Week 2: The System Approach | ||||
| M | Jan 10 | No class; instructor away | Chap 2 (all) | |
| Tu | Jan 11 | No class; instructor away | ||
| W | Jan 12 | The system approach | #1 due | |
| Th | Jan 13 | The Daisyworld climate system | ||
| F | Jan 14 | The response of Daisyworld to external forcing | ||
| Week 3: Radiation | ||||
| M | Jan 17 | Holiday (Martin Luther King Jr. Day) | Chap 3 (p.34-43) | |
| Tu | Jan 18 | Electromagnetic radiation; temperature scales | ||
| W | Jan 19 | Blackbody radiation; solar radiation | ||
| Th | Jan 20 | Planetary energy balance: Earth, Venus, Mars | ||
| F | Jan 21 | Review session | ||
| Week 4: The Greenhouse Effect & Climate Feedbacks | ||||
| M | Jan 24 | Atmospheric composition and structure | Chap 3 (p.44-54); Chap 6 (all) | |
| Tu | Jan 25 | Greenhouse effect | ||
| W | Jan 26 | Cloud effects and global energy budget | #2 due | |
| Th | Jan 27 | Climate feedbacks; climate modeling | ||
| F | Jan 28 | Global climate models: An introduction | ||
| Week 5: Atmospheric Circulation | ||||
| M | Jan 31 | The movement of air | Chap 4 (all) | |
| Tu | Feb 1 | The Coriolis effect | ||
| W | Feb 2 | General circulation of the atmosphere | ||
| Th | Feb 3 | Global climate pattern | ||
| F | Feb 4 | Review session for Midterm | ||
| Week 6: Ocean Circulation | ||||
| M | Feb 7 | Wind-driven circulation | Chap 5 (all); Chap 15 (p.306-312) | |
| Tu | Feb 8 | The thermohaline circulation | ||
| W | Feb 9 | Ocean circulation and climate | #3 due | |
| Th | Feb 10 | ENSO | ||
| F | Feb 11 | MIDTERM EXAM | ||
| Week 7: Ice Ages | ||||
| M | Feb 14 | The deep past | Chap 12 (all); Chap 14 (all) | |
| Tu | Feb 15 | Ice ages in the last 2 million years (Pleistocene) | ||
| W | Feb 16 | Astronomical “Milankovitch” theory of ice ages | ||
| Th | Feb 17 | Glacial climate feedbacks | ||
| F | Feb 18 | Review session | ||
| Week 8: Short-Term Climate Variability | ||||
| M | Feb 21 | Holiday (Presidents’ Day) | Chap 15 (p.289-306) | |
| Tu | Feb 22 | An introduction to short-term climate variability | ||
| W | Feb 23 | The Holocene (I) | #4 due | |
| Th | Feb 24 | The Holocene (II) | ||
| F | Feb 25 | Review session; organize debate teams | ||
| Week 9: Global Warming | ||||
| M | Feb 28 | CO2: Fossil fuel burning versus natural sources | Chap 16 (all) | |
| Tu | Mar 1 | Projection of future climate | ||
| W | Mar 2 | Impact | ||
| Th | Mar 3 | Strategies to slow global warming | ||
| F | Mar 4 | Debate | ||
| Week 10: Ozone Depletion | ||||
| M | Mar 7 | UV radiation; spatial distribution of ozone | Chap 17 (all) | |
| Tu | Mar 8 | Ozone chemistry | ||
| W | Mar 9 | Ozone hole (I) | #5 due | |
| Th | Mar 10 | Ozone hole (II) | ||
| F | Mar 11 | Review session for Final | W paper due | |
| Week 11: FINALS WEEK | ||||
| W | Mar 16 | FINAL EXAM | ||