Class meets in Room 610 at 1:30-2:20 MWF.

Professor Dennis L. Hartmann

710 ATG, 543-7460, dennis@atmos.washington.edu

Class Web Page: http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~dennis/571.index.html

Office Hours: I'm usually in my office, and you are welcome to come by any time. Mornings and just before class are less desirable, after class is better. If your timing is bad for me, I'll ask you to come back later.

Text: Global Physical Climatology, by D.L. Hartmann, Academic Press, 1994, 411pp. University Bookstore has copies, at ~$69 +tax for new ones. There are some used ones too, probably. Students will read this on their own and do problems from it.

The format of the class will be lecture/discussion. I intend to follow the outline included here, which does not follow the book exactly. We will address current themes or problems in climate research and spend time reading papers from the current scientific literature and discussing them in class. You will need to arrange for copying. You may wish to share copies among yourselves. I will try to have copies available in my office for borrowing, if you can't find them in the reading room or the library.

The course requirements and grading will be approximately as follows:

Class Presentations: Students will be required to lead class discussions of the papers from the literature and also participate when others lead these discussions. Two or three lead discussant assignments per student.

Term Papers: A term paper of no more than 10 double-spaced pages is required. This will deal with a review of some topic of current interest in climate research. Topics need to be defined and committed to by November 6. A first draft must be handed in before Thanksgiving break, during which I will make suggestions on style and content. The final version is due before the end of classes. During the final week of class students will give brief oral presentations on their papers.