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Day
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Date
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Lecture
Topics
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Req.
Reading
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Assignt.
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Week 1
: Global Change: An Introduction
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M
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Mar
31
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Course starts;
Introduction
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Ch 1 (all)
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|
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T
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Apr
1
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Evidence of global
warming
|
|
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W
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Apr
2
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Ozone depletion;
deforestation
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|
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Th
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Apr
3
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Glacial-interglacial
cycles; mass extinction; solar luminosity changes
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|
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F
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Apr
4
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Math
& review
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#1 due
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Week
2: The System Approach; Electromagnetic Radiatin
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M
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Apr
7
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The system approach
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Ch 2 (all)
Ch 3 (p.34-43)
|
|
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T
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Apr
8
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The Daisy-world climate
system & the response to external forcing
|
|
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W
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Apr
9
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Electromagnetic radiation;
temperature scales
|
|
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Th
|
Apr
10
|
Blackbody radiation;
planetary energy balance
|
|
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F
|
Apr
11
|
Review &
discussions
|
#2 due
|
|
Week
3: The Greenhouse Effect & Climate Feedbacks
|
|
M
|
Apr
14
|
Atmospheric composition
& structure
|
Ch 3 (p.44-54)
|
|
|
T
|
Apr
15
|
Greenhouse effect
|
|
|
W
|
Apr
16
|
Cloud effects & global
energy budget
|
|
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Th
|
Apr
17
|
Climate feedbacks
|
|
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F
|
Apr
18
|
|
|
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Week
4: Climate Modeling; Atmospheric Circulation
|
|
M
|
Apr 21
|
Midterm I
|
Ch 3 (p.50-51) & Ch 6
Ch 4 (all)
|
|
|
T
|
Apr
22
|
Climate modeling (I)
|
|
|
W
|
Apr
23
|
Climate modeling (II)
|
|
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Th
|
Apr
24
|
The movement of air
|
|
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F
|
Apr
25
|
|
|
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Week
5: Atmospheric Circulation
|
|
M
|
Apr
28
|
The Coriolis effect
|
|
|
|
T
|
Apr
29
|
Atmospheric circulation
and seasonal variation
|
#3 due
|
|
W
|
Apr
30
|
Global warming guest lecture (Pieter Tans)
|
|
|
Th
|
May
1
|
Global climate pattern
|
|
|
F
|
May
2
|
|
|
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Week
6: Ocean Circulation
|
|
M
|
May
5
|
Wind-driven circulation
|
Ch 5 (all); Ch 15
(p.306-312)
|
|
|
T
|
May
6
|
The thermohaline
circulation
|
|
|
W
|
May
7
|
Ocean circulation &
climate
|
|
|
Th
|
May
8
|
ENSO
|
|
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F
|
May
9
|
|
#4 due
|
|
Week
7: Carbon Cycle; Climate in the Deep Past
|
|
M
|
May
12
|
Midterm II
|
Ch 12
Ch 8 (all)
Ch 12 (all)
|
|
|
T
|
May
13
|
Faint young sun paradox
(I)
|
|
|
W
|
May
14
|
Carbon cycle
|
|
|
Th
|
May
15
|
Paradox (II); Earth
history
|
|
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F
|
May
16
|
|
|
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Week
8: Climate in the Deep Past; Pleistocene Glaciations
|
|
M
|
May
19
|
The long-term climate
record & climate during the Phanerozoic
|
Ch 14 (all)
|
|
|
T
|
May
20
|
Pleistocence glaciation
|
|
|
W
|
May
21
|
Milankovitch cycles
|
|
|
Th
|
May
22
|
Glacial climate
feedbacks
|
|
|
F
|
May
23
|
|
|
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Week
9: Holocene; Global Warming
|
|
M
|
May
26
|
Holiday (Memorial Day)
|
Ch 15 (p.289-306)
Ch 16 (all)
|
|
|
T
|
May
27
|
Holocene (I)
|
|
|
W
|
May
28
|
Holocene (II)
|
#5 due
|
|
Th
|
May
29
|
CO2: Fossil fuel
burning versus natural sources
|
|
|
F
|
May
30
|
|
Poster summary due; W paper due
|
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Week 10: Global Warming
|
|
M
|
Jun 2
|
Projection of future climate & Impact
|
|
|
|
T
|
Jun 3
|
Poster Symposium
|
#6 due; Posters Due
|
|
W
|
Jun
4
|
Poster Symposium
|
Posters
Due
|
|
Th
|
Jun
5
|
Strategies to slow
global warming
|
|
|
F
|
Jun 6
|
|
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Week
11: FINALS WEEK
|
|
M
|
Jun 9
|
FINAL EXAM (8:30-10:20; JHN 075)
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