Fundamentals of Climate Change

Schedule

Fundamentals of Climate Change
PCC 587

MW 12:00-1:20, ATG 310C

Date	Topic	Reading	Assignment
9/25	Intro Radiation	Archer Chap 1-2
9/30	Radiation	Archer Chap 3-4
10/2	Atmospheric structure and moisture I	Archer Chap 5 Elliott and Frierson encyclopedia article	SPM discussion in class
10/7	The Hydrologic Cycle/Energy transports
10/9	Hydrologic cycle changes with global warming	Archer Chap 6
10/14	Climate feedbacks
10/16	Climate forcings	Archer Chap 7
10/21	Climate records	Archer Chap 11
10/23	The carbon cycle	Archer Chap 8, 10
10/28	The atmosphere
10/30	Midterm
11/4	The ocean
11/6	El Nino
11/11	Veterans Day (no class)
11/13	Hurricanes/extreme events
11/18	The cryosphere
11/20	Paleoclimate
11/25	Paleoclimate 2
11/27	Climate models
12/2	Geoengineering
12/4	Review
12/12, 8:30-10:20 AM	Final presentations