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Suggested ReadingsATM S 211, Autumn Quarter 1998Climate and Climate Change |
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Suggested ReadingsATM S 211, Autumn Quarter 1998Climate and Climate Change |
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GEC ... Global Environmental Change
LN ... Lecture Notes
DATE |
Lecture Topic + Reading (LN=lecture notes) |
| Mo 9-28
Tue 9-29 Wed 9-30 Thu 10-1 Fri 10-2 |
What is Climate?
Mean temperature of Earth, Atmospheric Composition Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere Some Staistical Definitions Clouds and Rainfall |
| Mo 10-5
Tue 10-6 Wed 10-7 Thu 10-8 Fri 10-9 |
Winds and Storm Tracks
Seasonal Variations; Terrain Effects Climate Classifications Climate and Vegetation, Land Forms (T.Swanson) First Law of Thermodynamics LN 2.1 |
| Mo 10-12
Tue 10-13 Wed 10-14 Thu 10-15 Fri 10-16 |
Modes of Energy and Mass Transfer: Diffusion
and Convection LN 2.2
The Electromagnetic Spectrum; Absorption and Emission LN 2.4.1 "Radiation Temperature" LN 2.6 The Inverse Square Law LN 2.3.1 Radiative Equilibruim of a Planet LN 2.5 |
| Mo 10-19
Tue 10-20 Wed 10-21 Thu 10-22 Fri 10-23 |
Feedback Mechanisms LN
2.3.4
The Angle of Incidence of Radiation LN 2.3.2 The Sun and Earth Geometry LN 2.3.2 Greenhouse Effect LN 2.7.1 The Atmospheric Absorption Spectrum LN 2.7.1 |
| Mo 10-26
Tue 10-27 Wed 10-28 Thu 10-29 Fri 10-30 |
Clouds and Radiation LN
2.7.2
Global Energy Balance LN 2.8 Absorption Bands LN 2.7.1 Aerosols Water vapor feedback LN 2.7.1 |
| Mo 11-2
Tue 11-3 Wed 11-4 Thu 11-5 Fri 11-6 |
Review
Review Midterm Equator to Pole Energy Transport LN 4 El Nino and Climate Prediction LN 7.2 |
| Mo 11-9
Tue 11-10 Wed 11-11 Thu 11-12 Fri 11-13 |
Origin of the Atmosphere
The Carbon Cycle I LN 3.2 The Carbon Cycle II No Class-Veterans day The Ozone Shield LN 9 |
| Mo 11-16
Tue 11-17 Wed 11-18 Thu 11-19 Fri 11-20 |
Climate of the Past: Time Scales LN
6.3
Evidence Concerning Past Climates LN 6.2 Overwiev of the History of the Earth LN 6.3 Theory of Ice Ages LN 7.1 Theory of Ice Ages, continued (25 min) |
| Mo 11-23
Tue 11-24 Wed 11-25 Thu 11-26 Fri 11-27 |
No Class- Thanksgiving
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| Mo 11-30
Tue 12-1 Wed 12-2 Thu 12-3 Fri 12-4 |
Greenhouse Warming: The Mechanism LN
8
Buildup of Greenhouse Gases (20 min) Projecting Future Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20min) Controlling Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 min) The Ozone Hole |
| Mo 12-7
Tue 12-8 Wed 12-9 Thu 12-10 Fri 12-11 |
What Climate Models Tell Us About the future
Human Impacts of Climate Change Is Climate Change the Most Urgent Environmental Problem? Final Examination |