Instructors: ProfessorJames R. Holton
306
Atmospheric Sciences Bldg., 543-4010
holton@atmos.washington.edu
TA: Rick Steed
424 Atmospheric Sciences Bldg.,
685-2183
steed@atmos.washington.edu
Lectures: MTWTH, 10:30-11:20 AM Laboratory: F 10:30-11:20 AM
Office Hours: Prof. Holton: M-TH, 11:20 - 12:00;
Textbook: The primary text for this course (available from the University Bookstore) is Global Environmental Change: An Atmospheric Perspective, by Horel and Geisler. There is also a set of Course Notesavailable from the copy center in the basement of Gerberding Hall on the South side of Red Square. In order to complete the research report you will need to use information from the INTERNET. Some homework problems may also require using the Web.
Project Data Web Link:http://atmos.washington.edu/~steed/index.html
Evaluation:
Homework will be assigned weekly. Late homework will not be accepted. To encourage attendance five-minute essays will occasionally be given in class without prior notice. There will be one research project to be submitted as a written report (about 5 pages). Optionally you may do a longer report with revision for 5 W course credits. There will be a mid-term and a final examination. Tests will be short answer/essay style. If you have a good reason why you cannot take an examination on the date specified, please inform the instructor well in advance of the date. [There will be no makeup exams except in case of serious illness or death in the family. You must be excused in advance, by telephone or e-mail.] Participation in class discussions, and raising good questions during lecture is strongly encouraged. Grades will be determined from the following formula:
Homework: 25%;
5-minute essays/class participation: 15%;
Report
20%;
Midterm 15%;
Final 25%.
Week 1: (3/30-4/3) 1. Introduction. Text: Chapter 1. Notes: chapters 0 and 1. HW1 out (3/30); HW1 due (4/3); HW2 out (4/3).
Week 2: (4/6-4/10) 2. Global Energy Balance.Text: Chapter 2. Notes: Chapter 2. HW2 due (4/10); HW3 out (4/10/).
Week 3: (4/13-4/17) 3. Weather vs. Climate.Text: Chapter 3. Notes: Chapters 4 and 5. HW3 due (4/17); HW4 out (4/17).
Week 4. (4/20-4/24) 4. Natural Climate Variations.Text: Chapter 4. Notes: Chapters 6 and 7. HW4 due (4/24); HW5 out (4/24); Review Session (4/24).
Week 5. (4/27-5/1) 5. Long-term Climate Variations.Text: Chapter 5. Notes: Chapters 6 and 7. Midterm Exam 4/29; HW5 due (5/1); HW6 out (5/1).
Week 6. (5/4-5/8) 6. The Carbon Cycle. Text: Chapter 6. Notes: Chapter 3. Optional Paper outline due 5/7; HW6 due (5/8); HW7 out (5/8).
Week 7. (5/11-5/15) 7 .Greenhouse Warming.Text: Chapter 7. Notes: Chapter 8. HW7 due (5/15).
Week 8. (5/18-5/22) 8. Climate Predictions. Text: Chapter 8. Notes: Chapter 8. Project Report due 5/22; Optional paper due 5/22; HW8 out (5/22).
Week 9. (5/26-5/29) [holiday 5/25] 9. Stratospheric Ozone. Text: Chapter 9. Notes: Chapter 9. HW8 due (5/29).
Week 10. (6/1-6/5) 10. Energy and Global Change. Notes: Chapter 10. Review Session (6/4); Final Examination: 8:30-10:20 am, Monday, June 8, 1998, in Atmospheric Sciences 310C.