GEO 387H HYDROCLIMATOLOGY

(Unique# 53030 TTh 9:30-11:00)

Spring 2003 

1. Introduction to the Climate System (Chapters 1, 11, 12)

2. Mathematical equations of weather and climate (Notes, Chapters 3, 6, 7)

3. The Global Energy Balance and Atmospheric Radiative Transfer (Chapters 2, 3)

4. The Energy Balance of the Surface (Notes, Chapter 4)

5. The Hydrological Cycle: Storage, Evaporation, Clouds, Precipitation, Runoff (Notes, Chapter 5)

6. Atmospheric General Circulation and Climate (Notes and Chapter 6)

7. The Ocean General Circulation and Climate (Notes and Chapter 7)

8. Paleoclimate (Chapter 8)

9. Climate Sensitivity and Feedback Mechanisms (Chapter 9)

10. Computer Models of Weather and Climate (Notes, Chapter 10)

11. Natural Climate Change (Notes, Chapter 11)

12. Anthropogenic Climate Change (Notes, Chapter 12)