12.301 / 12.842 Climate Physics and Chemistry, Fall 2006

Boyle, Edward A.; Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955-; Wunsch, Carl

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Boyle, Edward A.; Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955-; Wunsch, Carl

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Climate Physics and Chemistry

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Abstract

Meets with graduate subject 12.840, but assignments differ. See description under subject 12.840. From the course home page: Course Description This course introduces students to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history; methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series analysis; physical and chemical processes in climate, including primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, and heat and water budgets; internal feedback mechanisms, including ice, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and ocean circulation; climate forcing, including orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, and solar variability; climate models and mechanisms of variability, including energy balance, coupled models, and global ocean and atmosphere models; and outstanding problems.

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2006-12

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/49517

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12.301-Fall2006

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local: 12.842

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Keywords

climate, climate change, proxies, ice cores, primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, heat and water budgets, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, ocean circulation, orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, solar system, solar variability, climate model, energy balance

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