| ATM 211: Climate and Climate Change, Spring, 2006, Tad Anderson | |||||
| day | date | topics | in-class activity | handouts | assignments |
| Week 1: Earth System and Global Change | |||||
| Readings: KKC Chap 1 (all); Popper article "Knowledge without authority" | |||||
| M | 27-Mar | Course introduction | GW survey | syllabus, GW surv, pers surv | |
| T | 28-Mar | Earth system intro: three global scale problems | math/chem quiz | HW #1; Popper article | |
| W | 29-Mar | The nature and role of scientific knowledge | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 30-Mar | stratospheric ozone depletion: introduction | T.B.D. | ||
| F | 31-Mar | tutorial: math/chem | |||
| Week 2: Earth-System Example - Stratospheric Ozone and CFC's | |||||
| Readings: KKC Chap 17 (all) | |||||
| M | 3-Apr | ozone and radiation | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 4-Apr | ozone chemistry | T.B.D. | ||
| W | 5-Apr | [Rei gone] ozone control | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 6-Apr | ozone lessons | T.B.D. | ||
| F | 7-Apr | tutorial: math/chem | |||
| Week 3: The Science of Systems | |||||
| Readings: KKC Chap 2 (all) | |||||
| M | 10-Apr | [Rei gone] global temperature (GAAST), system basics | T.B.D. | HW #2 | HW #1 due |
| T | 11-Apr | daisy world concepts | T.B.D. | ||
| W | 12-Apr | feedback loops and self-regulation | T.B.D. | Mann
article |
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| T | 13-Apr | Charlson lecture: History of Climate Change
Science |
T.B.D. | ||
| F | 14-Apr | tutorial |
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| Week 4: Greenhouse Effect | |||||
| Readings: KKC Chap 3 (all) | |||||
| M | 17-Apr | [Rei gone] sun, earth, and radiation | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 18-Apr | planetary energy balance | T.B.D. | Lorius article | |
| W | 19-Apr | atmospheric composition and structure | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 20-Apr | greenhouse: chemistry and clouds | T.B.D. | HW #3, midterm review |
HW #2 due |
| F | 21-Apr | tutorial |
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| Week 5: Energy balance theory of climate change | |||||
| Readings: KKC Chap 6 (all); Lorius article "The ice-core record..." | |||||
| M | 24-Apr | [Rei gone] climate feebacks, sensitivity, inertia | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 25-Apr | [Rei gone] climate modeling | T.B.D. | ||
| W | 26-Apr | [Rei gone] climate modeling exercise | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 27-Apr | [Rei gone] tutorial: Midterm Review | *none* | ||
| F | 28-Apr | [Rei gone] Midterm exam - class split into two sections as normal | paper #1 due | ||
| day | date | topics | activities | handouts | assignments |
| Week 6: Earth Circulations and Regional Climates | |||||
| , Readings: KKC Chap 4 (all), | |||||
| Chap 5 (p83-top85: intro and wind-driven currents; p88-91: "Ocean Circ. and Sea Surface Temp." - skip "Vorticity"; | |||||
| p91-101: "Circulations of the Deep Ocean", p101: "Ocean Circulation and Climate"; key figs: 5-1,5-2,5-12,5-15), | |||||
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Chap 7 (p117-118: solid earth intro;
p137-139: plate
tectonics and radioactive decay, "Heat from the Deep"; |
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| p143-145: "Wilson Cycles"; key figs: Box Figure 5-4 on p.98, 7-12, 7-12, 7-26) | |||||
| M | 1-May | atmospheric circulations: earth as a heat engine | T.B.D. | HW #4 | HW #3 due |
| T | 2-May | local circulations and weather | T.B.D. | ||
| W | 3-May | regional climates | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 4-May | ocean and solid earth circulations | T.B.D. | ||
| F | 5-May | tutorial |
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| Week 7: Ancient Climates | |||||
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Readings: KKC Chap 12 (all; key figs:
12-2,12-3,12-5,12-6,12-7,12-8,12-10,12-11,12-14,12-16) |
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Chap
11
(p212: Rise of Oxygen; p225-226: "Modern Controls on Atmos. Oxygen";
key fig: 11-22) |
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| M | 8-May | Earth history, paleo indicators | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 9-May | Breakdown of stability: Venus and Mars | T.B.D. | ||
| W | 10-May | Snowball Earth | T.B.D. | HW #5 | HW #4 due |
| T | 11-May | Earth history, major events | T.B.D. | ||
| F | 12-May | Tutorial: Review | |||
| Week 8: Recent Climates and Climate Variability | |||||
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Readings: KKC Chap 14 (p270-280; key figs: 14-2,14-3,14-4,14-5,14-6,14-8,14-9,1-9), |
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Chap
15
(p289-292: Intro; p299-302: "Volcanoes and Climate"; p303-305:
"Solar Variability"; |
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| p308-312: "El Nino-Southern Oscillation"; key figs: 15-1,15-6,15-7,15-8,15-12,15-18) | |||||
| M | 15-May | Astronomical theory of ice-ages | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 16-May | Evidence of ice-ages, movie | movie | ||
| W | 17-May | Volcanic and solar influences on recent climate | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 18-May | El Nino | T.B.D. | HW #6 | HW #5 due |
| F | 19-May | Tutorial: Review | |||
| Week 9: Global Warming Science | |||||
| Readings: KKC Chap 8(p147-152:Overview, Residence Time,
p153-154:photosynthesis and respiration; |
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| p162-163:chemistry of carbon in water, p167:Net Removal of CO2...), | |||||
| Chap 16(all); | |||||
| IPCC 2001 "Summary for Policymakers" | |||||
| M | 22-May | Carbon cycle - natural | T.B.D. | IPCC 2001 Sum. | |
| T | 23-May | Carbon cycle - perturbed | T.B.D. | ||
| W | 24-May | Climate forecasts | T.B.D. | ||
| T | 25-May | Effects of global warming | T.B.D. | ||
| F | 26-May | Tutorial: Review | |||
| Week 10: Global Warming Debate, Impact, Solutions | |||||
| Readings: KKC Chap 16(all); Seattle Times Pro/Con debate, Azar and Rodhe article "Targets for CO2 Stabilization" | |||||
| M | 29-May | Holiday (Memorial Day) | |||
| T | 30-May | Arguments of the "skeptics" and "alarmists" | T.B.D. | ||
| W | 31-May | Detection and attribution of global warming | T.B.D. | HW #6 due | |
| T | 1-Jun | Challenging the current global-warming paradigm | course evaluation | Azar and Rodhe article | |
| F | 2-Jun | Tutorial: Review for final | |||
| M | 5-Jun | FINAL, 8:30-10:20, Rm 64 JHN | paper #2 due | ||
| additional possible topics: | |||||
| water and conflict | |||||
| Geoengineering | |||||
| Nature of environmental science | |||||
| Climate impacts in the Pacific NW | |||||
| IPCC Process and new Findings | |||||
| Value of Long Range Predictions | |||||