Climate and Climate Change |
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Class Meeting Times and Location: Office: room 506 in the Atmospheric Sciences & Geophysics Building Office hours: TBD e-mail: thornton@atmos.washington.edu Teaching Assistant: Zheng Liu Office: room 420 in the Atmospheric Sciences & Geophysics Building Office hours: TBD e-mail: liuzheng@atmos.washington.edu |
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Catalyst class webpage On the Catalyst web page, you will find more information about this class, e.g., syllabus, schedule, class notes and homework sets. In an attempt to improve communication among students and instructors, we have created a class go-post board. Please use this forum to ask questions and get answers, share thoughts, and suggest ways to improve class. Please be polite and thoughtful in your use of the post. Click here to login. | |
Class Description An introductory course for non-science majors on
climate and climate change. The ultimate goal is to provide the
students with a concise fundamental understanding of the chemical and
physical processes which control Earth's climate so that they can
use this knowledge to be informed participants in future environmental
policy debates. To achieve this goal we will synthesize a wide array
of scientific concepts and current thinking on the processes which
control Earth's climate, divided into three parts:
Course Goals (1) Learn about the climate system from modern instrumentation
and theory. |