Climate Dynamics 2018
Course Information
Instructors
J. Mülmenstädt (Lectures)
J. Kretzschmar (Exercises)
Topics
Radiation and greenhouse effect; dynamics and general circulation of oceans and atmosphere; internal variability; forcing and feedbacks; anthropogenic climate change
Dates
11 April–11 July 2018
Lectures
Wednesdays 10:00—11:30
Seminarraum, vor dem Hospitaltore
Exercises
Wednesdays 11:15—13:45
CIP-Pool (start 18 April)
Exams
Oral (30 min.), dates to be announced
Textbooks
Peixoto and Oort (1991): Physics of Climate
Hartmann (1994): Global Physical Climatology
Stewart (2005):
Introduction to Physical Oceanography (open-source textbook)
Syllabus:
Announcements
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Lectures
Date &
Slides & Supplemental Material
11 April
18 April
25 April
2 May
9 May
General circulation of the oceans
I
Supplement: Robert
Stewart's Introduction
to Physical Oceanography
16 May
General circulation
of the oceans II, Lithosphere, biosphere,
cryosphere
Supplement: Kuhlbrodt et al. (2007)
on the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation,
UNEP Global
Outlook for Ice and Snow, National Snow and Ice Data
Center, IPCC AR5
23 May
Internal variability; example: ENSO
Supplement: COMET module on tropical dynamics
30 May
Forcing and
feedbacks in the climate system
Supplements: Bony and Stevens (unpublished), Notes by Karo Block on estimation
of feedback strengths
6 June
Robust projections of climate change
Supplement: Held
and Soden (2006), Allen and Ingram
(2002), Andrews et al. (2009)
20 June
Uncertainties in
climate projections due to clouds and aerosol
Supplements: Bretherton
(2015), Mülmenstädt and
Feingold (2018)
27 June
Arctic amplification (guest lecture by Jan Kretzschmar)
11 July
Exercises
Due &
Number & Data/Literature/Coding Hints
25 April
2 May
9 May
16 May
23 May
HW 5
Supplement: Wild et
al. (2013), Trenberth
and Caron (2001)
30 May
6 June
11 July
HW 8
Supplement: Kravitz et al. (2011) for
experiment description