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The course will consist of lectures, discussions, student presentations,
exercises (modelling using STELLA), tests, and a final project. Both the presentation
(15 minute lecture to the class) and final project (10 page maximum) should
include models using STELLA.
Most of the first part of the course will be comprised of lectures by Professors Boardman and Cummins and discussions of the article readings that are assigned. During the second portion of the course each of you will be asked to make a presentation to the class.
Course Meetings:
There will be two 100 minute class meetings per week.
The readings we have selected include 1) the most recent, good articles on a subject as well as 2) the classic articles on the subject. We may modify the assigned readings during the course to include late-breaking articles and/or to include remedial articles.
The readings are all on electronic reserve in the Brill Science Library.
You must read the articles before each week's meetings. Discussion may occur
any time during that week; so be prepared.
We expect your presentation to be as professional as possible. We will speak
with each of you regarding your presentation during week 5, and we will ask
that you confer frequently with us regarding its progress. Use computer-generated
graphics, slides, and models. You will have 15 minutes to make your presentation.
The topic of the final paper / project will be chosen in consultation with
your professors during the first half of the course. The final project will
be due on the Thursday of week 14, and should be no more than 10 pages of
text. It should contain adequate references, figures, tables, etc., and it
should be typed (double-spaced, readable font, ...).
Prerequisites:
Either WCP 221 , WCP 222, GLG 244 or permission of the instructor.
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This course includes both lectures and classroom discussion. Class discussions are an important part of this course, and student participation is an important part of the class discussions.
Students should come to each class prepared to discuss the reading assignments.
During a typical class, each student will be called upon to respond to questions
and/or to add his/her ideas to the discussion. A log of student "participation"
will be kept by the instructors, and this log will be shared with individual
students several times during the course; so that students know how they are
performing and what is expected of them in terms of participation.
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Synergy. Two of the tropical Pacific's climate cycles turned warm simultaneously in the early 1980s, fueling the 1982-83 El Niño. From Kerr. R.A. 1999. In North American Climate, a More Local Control. Science 283:1109.
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Everyone will be involved in a semester long research project. We expect timely submissions to the Climate Change Project Database. This includes your ideas, proposals, peer review, and progress reports. Postings beyond the due dates (see syllabus) will result in a 10% grade penalty/day.
This work will require an extensive statement of the topic of interest in combination with an in-depth literature review. The research topic must be integrated with data analysis and interpretation. The report will include actual research data obtained and analyzed from sources on NOAA's World Wide Web Paleoclimate Database (or other sources) as well as the most recent literature sources that address your research interests on global change. The report will take the form of a professional journal article. The report will be presented orally as well at the end of the semester.
Here is a Research Topic "Jump Start:"If you are ready, you can Enter Your Own Research Proposal or Discussion Topic NOW. Or, respond to a particular research submission! Perhaps you have some insights that can help! To do so, browse the works in progress by clicking on the research area of your choice. Then add your response!
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How might the chemical weathering of the Himalayas change climate?
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Introduction to the Course: A General Overview and Expectations The Earth & It's Atmosphere Fundamentals of the heat budget; |
Meteorology Today, Ch. 1 & 2 Lab: The Sun Lab--Finding
Our Latitude Using Sun Angles |
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Atmospheric Moisture Condensation: Dew, Fog, and Clouds General atmospheric circulation |
Meteorology Today, Ch. 5 & 6 |
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Stability & Cloud Development The Atmosphere in Motion: Distribution & Movement of Air-Pressure & Wind |
**Sun Lab Due Meteorology Today, Ch.7 & 9 |
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The Atmosphere in Motion: Distribution & Movement of Air-/Circulation & Pressure Distributions Global Systems Air Masses & Fronts, Mid Latitude Cyclones |
Meteorology Today, Ch. 10, 11, 12 & 13 |
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Weather Forecasting |
Meteorology Today, Ch. 14 |
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Atmospheric Disturbances-Cyclones, Lightning, Thunder, Tornadoes
and Hurricanes |
Meteorology Today, Ch. 15 |
| 7 | Hurricanes & Global Change | Meteorology Today, Ch. 16 & 19 |
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MIDTERM TEST
Mountain building and weathering |
Post Progress Reports
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| 9 | Terrestrial carbon, rain forests, wetlands |
Post Progress Reports Webb and Bartlein (1992) Ciais, et al. (1995) Wahlen (1993) |
| 10 | Marine reservoirs, gas hydrates | Post Progress Reports Calvert (1987) Curry (1988) Kvenvolden (1988; 1993) |
| 11 | Volcanism and climate | Post Progress Reports Rampino (1988) Simkin (1993) |
| 12 | Asteroid impacts |
Post Progress Reports To be assigned |
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Hansen et al. (1989) |
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Student Research Presentations Present day "Global Warming" |
Lindzen (1990) Kellogg (1991) |
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Student Research Presentations Future climates |
Final Project PostingsTurn in hard copy and post a "soft copy." Roemmich and McGowan (1995) |
REFERENCES |
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Aguado, E, and J. Burt. 1999. Understanding Weather & Climate, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ
Readings:
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ANDREWS, J. T.,ERLENKEUSER, H.,TEDESCO, K.,AKSU, A. E. & JULL, A. J.
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BECK, R. A.,BURBANK, D. W.,SERCOMBE, W. J.,OLSON, T. L. & KHAN, A. M.
(1995) Organic carbon exhumation and global warming during the early Himalayan
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BLANCHON, P. & SHAW, J. (1995) Reef drowning during the last deglaciation:
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BOND, G.,BROECKER, W.,JOHNSEN, S.,MCMANUS, J.,LABEYRIE, L.,JOUZEL, J. &
BONANI, G. (1993) Correlations between climate and records from North Atlantic
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BOYLE, E. A. (1992) Cadmium and &Mac182;13C paleochemical ocean distributions
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CALVERT, S. E. (1987) Oceanogrpahic controls on the accumulation of organic
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CANE, M. A. (1986) El Nino. Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Science
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CIAIS, P.,TANS, P. P.,TROLIER, M.,WHITE, J. W. C. & FRANCEY, R. J. (1995)
A large northern hemisphere terrestrial CO2 sink indicated by the 13C / 12C
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CURRY, W. B. (1988) Changes in the distribution of &Mac182;13C of deep water
&Mac183;CO2 between the last glaciation and the Holocene. Paleoceanography,
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DANSGAARD, W. & AND TEN OTHERS (1993) Evidence of general instability
of past climate from a 250-kyr ice-core record. nature, 364, 218-220.
FAIRBANKS, R. G. (1989) A 17,000 year glacio-eustatic sea level record: influence
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FISCHER, A. G. (1986) Climatic rhythms recorded in strata. Annual Reviews
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HANSEN, J.,LACIS, A. & PRATHER, M. (1989) Greenhouse effect of chlorofluorocarbons
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HAY, W. W. (1993) The role of polar deep water formation in global climate
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KELLOGG, W. W. (1991) Response to skeptics of global warming. American Meteorologial
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KERRICK, D. & CALDEIRA, K. (1993) Paleoatmospheric consequences of CO2
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KVENVOLDEN, K. A. (1988) Methane hydrate: a major reservoir of carbon in
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