LECTURE SLIDES

Here you will find pdf files of the Powerpoint slides (and overhead notes) from lectures.

Week 1, Lectures 1-2: Summary (re-posted Tuesday, October 6, 2009 in easier-to-read size)

Week 2, Lecture 1: Summary, continued (posted Monday, October 5, 2009)

Week 2, Lecture 2: The Global Climate: A Simple Model [overhead notes] (posted Wednesday, October 7, 2009)

Week 2, Lecture 3: The Global Climate: A Simple Model, continued [overhead notes] (posted Wednesday, October 7, 2009)

Week 2, Lecture 4: The Global Climate: A Simple Model, continued, plus atmospheric composition [overhead notes] (posted Thursday, October 8, 2009)
Week 2, Lecture 4: Paleoclimate [slides] (posted Friday, October 9, 2009)
Week 2, Lecture 4: Paleoclimate [overhead notes] (posted Thursday, October 8, 2009)

Week 3, Lecture 1: Paleoclimate [overhead notes] (posted Monday, October 12, 2009)
Week 3, Lecture 1: Paleoclimate [slides] (posted Monday, October 12, 2009)

Week 3, Lecture 2: Paleoclimate [slides] (posted Tuesday, October 13, 2009)

Week 3, Lecture 3: Paleoclimate [slides] (posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009)
Week 3, Lecture 3: Trends in 20th Century Climate (posted Wednesday, October 14, 2009)

Week 3, Lecture 4: Trends in 20th Century Climate (posted Thursday, October 15, 2009)

Week 4, Lecture 1: Trends in 20th Century Climate (posted Monday, October 19, 2009)
Week 4, Lecture 1: Climate Models (posted Monday, October 19, 2009)

Week 4, Lecture 2: Climate Models (posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009)
(There are a couple of slides at the beginning showing where on Moodle to submit the current events assignment .)
Week 4, Lecture 2: Climate Variability and Climate Change (posted Tuesday, October 20, 2009)

Week 4, Lecture 3: Climate Variability and Climate Change, including ENSO/El Nino (posted Wednesday, October 21, 2009)

Week 4, Lecture 4: Climate Variability and Climate Change (posted Thursday, October 22, 2009)

Week 5, Lecture 1: Climate Variability and Climate Change (posted Monday, October 26, 2009)

Week 5, Lecture 2 (by Dr. Tad Anderson, aerosol specialist): Causes of Uncertainty in the Global Warming Theory (re-posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009 in more printing-friendly format)

Week 5, Lecture 3 (by Dr. Tad Anderson, aerosol specialist): Climate Forcing by Aerosols (posted Wednesday, October 28, 2009)

Week 5, Lecture 4 (by Dr. Tad Anderson, aerosol specialist): A Critique of the Global Warming Consensus (posted Thursday, October 29, 2009)

Week 6, Lecture 1: Projections of Climate in the 21st Century (posted Monday, November 2, 2009)

Week 6, Lecture 2: Projections of Climate in the 21st Century (posted Tuesday, November 3, 2009)

Week 6, Lecture 3: Projections of Climate in the 21st Century (posted Wednesday, November 4, 2009)

Week 6, Lecture 4 (by Dr. Nathan Mantua, Northwest climate specialist): Projections of Climate in the 21st Century: The Pacific Northwest (posted Friday, November 6, 2009)

(Midterm - Monday, November 9, 2009)

(then no class Tuesday, school holiday Wednesday)

Week 7, Lecture 1 (Thursday): Uncertainty in the projections, arguments over the science, etc. (posted Friday, November 13, 2009)

Week 8, Lecture 1: Uncertainty in the projections, arguments over the science, etc. plus more on climate sensitivity (posted Monday, November 16, 2009)
Week 8, Lecture 1: The emissions scenarios (posted Monday, November 16, 2009)

Week 8, Lecture 2: The emissions scenarios (posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009)
Week 8, Lecture 2: Global climate change and marine ecology (posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009)

Week 8, Lecture 3: Global climate change and marine ecology (posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009)

Week 8, Lecture 4 (by Dr. Josh Tewksbury, land ecology specialist): Global climate change and terrestrial ecology (slides may not be posted)

Week 9, Lecture 1: Climate and food security in Indonesia (Prof. Battisti's own research) (posted Monday, November 23, 2009)

Week 9, Lecture 2: Climate change and global food security (posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009)

Week 9, Lecture 3: Climate change and global food security (posted Wednesday, November 25, 2009)

(Thanksgiving - school holiday Thursday)

Week 10, Lecture 1: The "debate" (posted Monday, November 30, 2009)

Week 10, Lecture 2: The "debate" (posted Tuesday, December 1, 2009)

Week 10, Lecture 3: The "debate", including the stolen-email affair (posted Wednesday, December 2, 2009)

Week 10, Lecture 4: The "debate" (posted Thursday, December 3, 2009)
Week 10, Lecture 4: Copenhagen and cap-and-trade (posted Thursday, December 3, 2009)

Week 11, Lecture 1: More Copenhagen; the energy/emissions challenge (posted Monday, December 7, 2009)

Week 11, Lecture 2: The energy/emissions challenge (posted Tuesday, December 8, 2009)
Week 11, Lecture 2: Climate engineering (posted Tuesday, December 8, 2009)

Week 11, Lecture 3: Climate engineering (posted Wednesday, December 9, 2009)

Week 11, Lecture 4: Climate engineering, plus a short summary of whole course (posted Thursday, December 10, 2009)