GEOG 445: General | Schedule & Docs | Projects | Write-ups
| Schedule of Classes | ||
| # | Date | Topic |
| 25 | 02 May 2006 | Anthropogenic climatic change. Chapter 12. |
| 24 | 27 Apr 2006 | Aerosols, natural climatic change. Chapter 11. |
| 24 | 25 Apr 2006 | No class. class exercise handed out in previous class. Chapter 11. |
| 23 | 20 Apr 2006 | Climate Modeling. Chapter 10. |
| 22 | 18 Apr 2006 | Sensitivity and Feedbacks cont. Chapter 9. no slides |
| 21 | 13 Apr 2006 | Sensitivity and Feedbacks cont. Chapter 9. no slides |
| 20 | 11 Apr 2006 | Sensitivity and Feedbacks. Chapter 9. no slides |
| 19 | 06 Apr 2006 | Guest lecture by Rolf Reichle: land surface modelling and data assimilation. slides Δ, reading Δ |
| 18 | 04 Apr 2006 | Paleoclimatology cont. Guest lecture by Mike Kearney: climate over the last 1000 years |
| 17 | 30 Mar 2006 | MIDTERM EXAM |
| 16 | 28 Mar 2006 | Paleoclimatology cont. Chapter 8. Slides Δ. |
| 23 Mar 2006 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 21 Mar 2006 | SPRING BREAK | |
| 15 | 16 Mar 2006 | Paleoclimatology. Chapter 8. Slides Δ. |
| 14 | 14 Mar 2006 | Oceanic circulation continued. Chapter 7. Assignment 2 due in class. |
| 13 | 09 Mar 2006 | Oceanic circulation. Chapter 7. Slides. Assignment 2 discussed in class. |
| 12 | 07 Mar 2006 | Atmospheric circulation. Chapter 6. Slides. Assignment 2 distributed in class. As preparation for the mid-term, here is the exam from last year. |
| 11 | 02 Mar 2006 | Land surface hydrology. Chapter 5. Slides. |
| 10 | 28 Feb 2006 | Surface energy balance: variations. Water cycle: Water balance, Land surface hydrology. Chapter 5. Slides. |
| 09 | 23 Feb 2006 | Surface energy balance: absorption of solar radiation, emission of terrestrial radiation, turbulent fluxes, variations. Chapter 4 - end. Slides. Assignment #1 due |
| 08 | 21 Feb 2006 | Surface energy balance: concept, heat capacity, ground heat flux, diffusion, absorption of solar radiation, emission of terrestrial radiation. Covers up to section 4.6. Slides. |
| 07 | 16 Feb 2006 | Radiation: absorption, radiative transfer, scattering, radiative-convective equilibrium, effect of clouds. Covers end of chapter 3. Slides. |
| 06 | 14 Feb 2006 | Energy: poleward heat transport. Radiation laws, absorption of radiation. Covers end of chapter 2 and some of chapter 3. Slides. Assignment #1 distributed. due: 23 Feb 05 |
| 05 | 09 Feb 2006 | Energy: Variations in solar radiation: solar luminosity, orientation of surfaces, orbital variations; zenith angle; poleward heat transport. Covers chapter 2 of the textbook. Slides |
| 04 | 07 Feb 2006 | Energy: Forms of energy, energy transfer, planetary energy balance, greenhouse effect. Covers chapter 2 of the textbook. Slides |
| 03 | 02 Feb 2006 | Introduction continued. Covers chapter 1 of the textbook. Slides |
| 02 | 31 Jan 2006 | Introduction. Covers chapter 1 of the textbook. Slides |
| 01 | 26 Jan 2006 | There is no formal first class. I send an e-mail announcement to all registered students regarding the class. With this e-mail, I also distribute important class material, including the syllabus, a schedule, a questionnaire and a list of possible student presentations. I know that this is an unfortunate situation, but we will catch up with class material soon. Here is a presentation in PDF form of the class that I would have given. Please go through this file and write down any questions that you may have. You can then either e-mail me, use instant messaging (when I am online) or bring the questions to class. There will be class on January 31st, and it is going to be taught by Ryan. He will cover Chapter 1 of the textbook. I will start teaching the class on Thursday, February 2nd, with full force ahead! I am looking forward to meeting you all in person! |