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Lecture Schedule

ATM S 211, Autumn Quarter 1998

Climate and Climate Change

DATE	LECTURE TOPIC*
`Mo 9-28` `Tue 9-29` `Wed 9-30` `Thu 10-1` `Fri 10-2`	`What is Climate? (20 min)` `Mean temperature of Earth, Atmospheric Composition` `Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere (25 min)` `Some Staistical Definitions` `Clouds and Rainfall (35 min)`
`Mo 10-5` `Tue 10-6` `Wed 10-7` `Thu 10-8` `Fri 10-9`	`Winds and Storm Tracks (25 min)` `Seasonal Variations; Terrain Effects (35min)` `Climate Classifications` `Climate and Vegetation, Land Forms (T.Swanson)` `First Law of Thermodynamics`
`Mo 10-12` `Tue 10-13` `Wed 10-14` `Thu 10-15` `Fri 10-16`	`Modes of Energy and Mass Transfer: Diffusion and Convection` `The Electromagnetic Spectrum; Absorption and Emission` `"Radiation Temperature" (25 min)` `The Inverse Square Law (25 min)` `Radiative Equilibruim of a Planet (25 min)`
`Mo 10-19` `Tue 10-20` `Wed 10-21` `Thu 10-22` `Fri 10-23`	`Feedback Mechanisms (25 min)` `The Angle of Incidence of Radiation (25 min)` `The Sun and Earth Geometry (25 min)` `Greenhouse Effect (25 min)` `The Atmospheric Absorption Spectrum (25 min)`
`Mo 10-26` `Tue 10-27` `Wed 10-28` `Thu 10-29` `Fri 10-30`	`Clouds and Radiation` `Global Energy Balance` `Absorption Bands` `Aerosols` `Water vapor feedback`
`Mo 11-2` `Tue 11-3` `Wed 11-4` `Thu 11-5` `Fri 11-6`	`Review` `Review` `Midterm` `Equator to Pole Energy Transport (40 min)` `El Nino and Climate Prediction (35 min)`
`Mo 11-9` `Tue 11-10` `Wed 11-11` `Thu 11-12` `Fri 11-13`	`Origin of the Atmosphere` `The Carbon Cycle` `No Class-Veterans day` `The Ozone Shield`
`Mo 11-16` `Tue 11-17` `Wed 11-18` `Thu 11-19` `Fri 11-20`	`Climate of the Past: Time Scales` `Evidence Concerning Past Climates` `Group Meetings and Review` `Theory of Ice Ages (25 min)` `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` `No Class- Thanksgiving`
`Mo 11-30` `Tue 12-1` `Wed 12-2` `Thu 12-3` `Fri 12-4`	`Empty` `Buildup of Greenhouse Gases (20 min)` `Impact on Global Mean Temperature (20min)` `Other expected Climate Impacts (20 min)` `Impact on Ecosystems, Humans`
`Mo 12-7` `Tue 12-8` `Wed 12-9` `Thu 12-10` `Fri 12-11`	`Alternative Energy Sources; Review` `Kyoto Protocol; Review` `Review` `Final Examination`

*The lecture topics might be subject to minor changes according to class progress and student interests