8/16: Solutions to HW5 and HW6 are posted. I will post solutions to EC3 after 5pm tomorrow (when it is due). I won't be posting solutions to EC1 and EC2, as they are activities.
8/14: The final extra credit assignment, EC3 , is up, due Wednesday by 5pm (along with EC1 and EC2).
8/14: Final review is here . It lists the important points for all of the material that we have covered from the midterm until the final exam. I will pass this out and lead a review session in class on Monday.
8/12: Final is next Friday, and will focus on material since the midterm. We'll spend time reviewing next week, but here is a review that covers material from the beginning of Climate Impacts (our first topic after the midterm) through Paleoclimate. I'll post another review on the material for the last two weeks of the quarter very soon.
8/5: Homework 6 is posted. Bear in mind that this is a longer than normal assignment, so don't wait until the last minute! You have until Tuesday, August 16 to complete it (much longer than normal).
8/5: I'll be posting a few optional extra credit assignments over the next week or so, to cover extra material or material that we won't cover until after HW6 is due. The first one, which is on ice, and the second one, on albedo, are posted. Note: All of the Extra Credit assignments will be due on the last Wednesday of the quarter (8/17).
8/4: Some of you have requested more specific information about the paper style and format. Here it is! Complete with citation information and a sample paragraph.
7/16: HW2 solns and HW3 solns are now up. I'll pass these back and go over the answers in class on Monday.
7/14: Midterm and homework schedule stays as planned, so the midterm is next Wednesday. Midterm Review is out, sample Qs passed out in class on Friday. HW2 and HW3 solutions posted later on Friday. HW2 and HW3 passed back on Monday.
7/11: David asked everybody to answer a few questions, due in class tomorrow:
1. Calculate how much CO2 is in the atmosphere this month in gigatons, given the CO2 concentration is 394ppm.
2. Calculate how much CO2 in the atmosphere has increased since you were born. What is this increase in 'percent change' from the date you were born?
3. (a) Use a carbon calculator to calculate your yearly carbon footprint. A good one is here . {Play with it to see what of your activities affect this number.} NOTE: this carbon calculator gives a quote for emissions of CO2, not C. Please convert to emissions of Carbon by dividing the answer by 3.67. So, for example, if you use 20 Gt of CO2, that would be 20/3.67 = 5.4 Gt of C.
3. (b) Using your results from (a), calculate the global emission of carbon if everyone in the world (7 billion people) lived your life style. How does this emission compare to the current global emission of carbon (9-10 Gt/yr)?
7/11: David Battisti will be teaching clases in my absence for the first half of this week.
7/6: HW3 is up, due next Wednesday July 13. You will need to refer to this in order to answer one of the questions.
6/28: There was a typo on HW1, problem 7, part 1. It should read: "With a spectrophotometer, you measure that the average radiation emitted by mars is 12.8 micrometers."
6/27: I passed out supplemental reading about radiation, energy balance, and the greenhouse effect in class on Friday. Come see me if you didn't get a copy.
