CLASS ACTIVITY SCHEDULE






WEEK 1
OVERVIEW

CLASS OVERVIEW

TUESDAY MARCH 29, 2005
Lecture 1 -
Earth System Science and Climate Change - Overview

Class Discussion - Class and Students' Goals and Objectives

THURSDAY MARCH 31, 2005
Lecture 2 -
Radiation in the Atmosphere
Class
Discussion -
Wavelength and energy relationship (pdf version)







WEEK 2
RADIATION, ENERGY AND CLOUDS

TUESDAY APRIL 5, 2005
Lecture 3 -
Radiation, Energy and Clouds

Class Discussion -

THURSDAY APRIL 7, 2005
Presentation -
Modeling what is expected from students' presentations
Experiment Design - Radiation and Energy Gautier and Park

 

WEEK 3
GREENHOUSE EFFECT

TUESDAY APRIL 12, 2005
Lecture 4 - Greenhouse Effect
Class
Discussion -

THURSDAY APRIL 14, 2005
Presentations 1 - Radiation, Energy and Clouds

 

WEEK 4
OZONE DEPLETION AND UV RADIATION

TUESDAY APRIL 19, 2005
Lecture 5 -
Ozone and UV Radiation
Class Discussion -


THURSDAY APRIL 21, 2005
Presentations 2 - Greenhouse Effect

 

WEEK 5
AEROSOLS AND CLIMATE

TUESDAY APRIL 26, 2005
Lecture 6 -
Aerosols
Class Discussion -

THURSDAY APRIL 28, 2005
Presentations 3 - Ozone and UV Radiation

 

WEEK 6
SURFACE ALBEDO AND CLIMATE

TUESDAY MAY 3, 2005
Lecture 7 -
Surface Albedo
Class Discussion -

THURSDAY MAY 5, 2005
Presentations 4 - Aerosols

 

WEEK 7
ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN CIRCULATION

TUESDAY MAY 10, 2005
Lecture 8 -
From 1D to 3D and Monsoon

THURSDAY MAY 12, 2005
Lecture 9 - Climate Modeling and Ed-GCM Introduction (invited speaker)

 

WEEK 8

TUESDAY MAY 17, 2005
Presentations 5 - Albedo

THURSDAY MAY 19, 2005
Review for Exam

 

WEEK 9

TUESDAY MAY 24, 2005
In-class Exam

THURSDAY MAY 26, 2005
Lecture 10 - Global Carbon Cycle (invited speaker)

 

WEEK 10
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE

TUESDAY MAY 31, 2005
Lecture 11 - Atmosphere and Ocean Oscillations

THURSDAY JUNE 2, 2005
Lecture 12 -
Thermohaline circulation