Part I: Observations of ENSO and Other Climate Variability

Part II: Basic Processes in the Atmosphere and Ocean

(a)    Equatorial Adjustment of the Thermocline

(b)   Thermal Forcing of the Tropical Atmosphere

(c)    The Global Thermocline

(d)   Oceanic Mixed Layers

Part III: ENSO:

(a) Observations of ENSO

(b) Overview of atmospheric response to changes in tropical SST

(c) Overview of ocean response to changes in tropic wind forcing

(d) The Coupled Response and the ENSO mode

(e) An introduction to non-normality

(f) Stochastic Theories of ENSO

(g) Teleconnections to midlatitudes

(h) Prediction of ENSO

(i) The limits of predictability

Part IV: Climate Variability: the Midlatitudes

(a)   Does the Ocean force the atmosphere in midlatitudes?

(b)   How does the ocean influence the midlatitudes ?

(c)   Decadal climate variability in the Atlantic and Pacific

Call Ed Sarachik 3-6720 for more information.