| Date |
Lecture
topic |
Required
reading |
Assignt. due |
| |
WEEK
1: Climate of the Earth System 1/page, 6/page
|
|
|
Tu
1/3
|
Introduction,
Global change versus
Greenhouse
Effect |
Chapter
1, p 1-10
|
|
W 1/4
|
Synopsis of
Chapter 1 |
Chapter 1 p 11-15,Joint
Academies Statement, Dec
6, 2005 senate letter to the president
|
|
Th 1/5
|
Introduction
to systems and feedbacks |
Chapter 2 p 18-23 (skip 22)
|
|
| F 1/6 |
Review,
feedback diagram exercise
|
|
|
| |
WEEK 2: Local energy balance
Lecture notes for M and Tu 1/page, 6/page
Lecture notes for Tu?, W, Th 1/page,
6/page
Revised Lecture notes at the end of the week
1/page, 6/page
|
|
|
| M 1/9 |
Daisyworld
|
Chapter 2 p 24-31
|
|
Tu 1/10
|
Radiation
|
Chapter 3 p 34-41
|
|
| W
1/11 |
The
greenhouse effect |
Chapter
3 p41-54 |
#1
|
| Th 1/12 |
Clouds and
convection
|
Auxiliary
Notes
|
|
| Fr
1/13 |
Review
|
|
|
| |
WEEK
3: Atmospheric heat transport and global climate patterns
Lecture notes for all week 1/page,
6/page
Revised Lecture notes at the end of the week
1/page, 6/page
|
|
|
M
1/16
|
MLK
day
|
|
|
| Tu 1/17 |
Finish Ch 3
|
|
|
| W 1/18 |
The general
circulation of the atmosphere |
Chapter 4 p 55-66 |
#2
|
Th 1/19
|
The seasonal
cycle, monsoons, etc |
Chapter 4 p 60-72 |
|
| Fr
1/20 |
Review
|
|
|
| |
WEEK
4: The oceans' role in climate
Lecture notes for M,Tu,W 1/page, 6/page
(no revisions needed)
|
|
|
| M 1/23 |
Global
climate
patterns |
Chapter 4 p 72-81
|
|
| Tu
1/24 |
Ocean
structure;
Wind-driven ocean circulation |
Chapter
5 p 83-91, skip p 89-90 |
|
| W 1/25 |
The thermohaline
circulation |
Chapter 5 p 91-103 |
#3 |
| Th
1/26 |
Finish Ch 5
|
|
|
| F 1/27 |
Review for midterm #1 |
|
|
| |
WEEK
5: Carbon cycle
Lecture notes for the week Tu, W, Th 1/page,
6/page
Revised lecture notes for the week 1/page, 6/page
|
|
|
| M 1/30 |
Midterm #1 |
|
|
| Tu
1/31 |
Shaping
Earth's surface
|
Chapter 7 p126-131, 141-143, and fig 7-25
|
|
W 2/1
|
Carbon cycle I |
Chapter 8 p147-158 skip blue box text on p155
|
|
Th 2/2
|
Carbon
cycle II |
Chapter 8 p158-169, skip blue boxes on p
162,3, & 9, read "chemistry of inorganic carbon in water"
section for bottomline only
|
|
| Fr 2/3 |
Review
|
|
|
| |
WEEK
6: Climate change on very long time scales
Lecture notes for W (from last week) Th 1/page, 6/page
|
|
|
M 2/6
|
Relating past and future climates - Guest
lecture |
in class activity, be reading chapters 12
|
|
Tu 2/7
|
Species survival in a warming climate - Guest
lecture |
see previous
|
|
W 2/8
|
Carbon cycle revisited, discuss sequestration
article
|
Vastly better acount of
CO2 gas exchange and acidification - optional but short and
highly recommended
sequestration
article html, pdf
|
#4
|
Th 2/9
|
The last 500
million years |
Chapter 12
|
|
F 2/10
|
Make posters and review
|
|
|
| |
WEEK
7: Climate change on long timescales
Lecture notes for M 1/page, 6/page
Snowball Earth Timeline 1 page
Revised slides from "Week7a batch" 1/page, 6/page
Lecture notes for T 1/page, 6/page (but
didn't get this far)
|
|
|
M 2/13
|
The past
3 million years or so and Milankovitch
|
Chapter 14
|
|
Tu 2/14
|
The Holocene |
Chapter 15 upto page 306
|
|
W 2/15
|
Poster
Symposium I |
|
|
Th 2/16
|
Poster
Symposium II |
|
|
F 2/17
|
Review, Turn in Project Report
and Poster Reviews
|
|
project
due |
| |
WEEK
8 - More recent climate change
Lecture notes for Tu 1/page, 6/page
Lecture notes for Th 1/page, 6/page
|
|
|
M
2/20
|
Presidents'
Day
|
|
|
Tu 2/21
|
The holocene and Rapid Climate Change
|
Chapter 15 upto page 306
|
|
W 2/22
|
Midterm
#2 Chap 8, 12, 14, and 15 through p 306
|
|
|
Th 2/23
|
Hockey Stick, El Nino and PDO
|
Chapter 15 to end
|
|
F 2/24
|
In Class Exercise - estimate your CO2 impact
|
|
|
| |
WEEK 9 - Other aspects of climate change
Lecture notes for M-Tu 1/page,
6/page
Lecture notes for Th 1/page,
6/page
|
|
|
M 2/27
|
Global warming - anthropogenic CO2
|
Chapter 16 p317-324
|
|
Tu 2/28
|
Climate modeling |
Chapter 6 p 104-107, p109 column 2
midpage through p111, and fig 6-5
|
|
| W 3/1 |
Global warming future projections and
uncertainty |
Chapter 16 p325-329
|
|
| Th 3/2 |
Global warming impacts and economics
|
Chapter 16 p330-340
IPCC summary for
policy makers
|
|
| Fr 3/3 |
Discussion
|
local imapcts reading
assignment
|
#5 |
| |
WEEK
10 - Other modern atmospheric problems
Lecture notes for M 1/page, 6/page
Lecture notes from Tu 1/page, 6/page
Lecture notes from W 1/page, 6/page
|
|
|
| M 3/6 |
Ozone Hole
|
Ch 17 read carefully p 342-350 & p
357-360, read the rest of the chapter for qualitative understanding,
you won't be expected to know the chemical reactions
|
|
| Tu 3/7 |
Alternative energy sources - Clark Kirkman
|
TBA
|
|
| W 3/8 |
Energy use and global warming policy |
Pew Center report
on International Data on GHG Emissions p 1-15
|
|
| Th 3/9 |
Wrap up
|
|
|
| F 3/10 |
Review session for final |
|
#6
and Final drafts of W papers
|
| M 2/13 |
FINAL EXAM
8:30-10:20 am |
|
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