| Subject |
Assignment |
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| Week
1 (Jan 3-5) |
Introduction; Origin of
Earth’s Atmosphere; Atmosphere Composition Today; |
Reading: Ch 1, 10, 11 (Except blue boxes) Pg. 36-41 44-45 248-252 Quiz: Math Survey |
| Week
2 (Jan 9-12) |
Heat and Temperature; Heat Forms and
Transport; Radiation; Concepts in EM Radiation; Solar Radiation and the
Earth; Albedo; Energy Balance |
Pg. 36-43 Homework 1 Catalyst: Due Sunday at 11:45 https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/dtmccoy/154689 |
| Week
3 (Jan 17-19) |
Greenhouse gases and the
Greenhouse Effect; Seasonal Temperature Cycles |
Pg. 43-55 |
| Week
4 (Jan 23-26) |
Cryosphere (guest lecture), Greenhouse effect, two classes canceled due to snow |
Pg. 68-69 on the seasonal cycle Homework 3 due 1/31 on Catalyst |
| Week
5 (Jan 30-Feb 2) |
Seasonal and diurnal temperature cycles, Pressure, Hydrostatic Balance |
Reading: Chapter 4 |
| Week
6 (Feb 6-9) |
Coriolis effect and geostrophic wind; Jet streams; Midterm |
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| Week
7 (Feb 13-16) |
General Circulation of the Atmosphere(1) (2) (3); The Role of Mountains in Climate; The Role of the Ocean in Climate | Homework 4 on Catalyst |
| Week
8 (Feb 21-23) |
(Feb 21-23) Ice Ages(1) (2) (3) and how we know they happened; Milankovitch Theory |
Glacial-Interglacial cycles Page 15 Milankovitch Scales Homework 5 Catalyst |
| Week
9 (Feb 27-Mar 1) |
(Feb 27-Mar 1) Human Induced Changes in Greenhouse Gases and their Impact on Climate (the 20th Century)(1) (2) (3) Climate models(1) (2), Natural and forced variability(1) (2) (3) |
Chapter 14 Homework 6 due Friday March 2nd |
| Week
10 (Mar 5-8) |
(Mar 5-8) Projected Climate Change (today to 2100 and beyond) (1) (2) (3) (4) Warm climates Geoengineering |
Chapter 15 (+ blue box on page 314 on GCMs) Homework 7 will be due at the end of last week of classes IPCC Report Readings: The technical summary form Working Group 1 Synthesis report for Policy Makers |