Schedule

Warning

Please complete the assigned reading for a given day before that day’s class.

Date	Class number	Topic	Textbook sections	Notes
Th 1/25	1	Course overview		syllabus
T 1/30	2	NO CLASS		(Prof. is at a conference)
Th 2/1	3	Intro to climate I
T 2/6	4	Intro to climate II	Ch. 1, skimming 1.6	HW1 assigned; due 2/15
Th 2/8	5	Global energy balance I	Ch. 2
T 2/13	6	NO CLASS		(canceled b/c of snow storm)
Th 2/15	7	Global energy balance II		HW1 due
T 2/20	8	Global energy balance III
Th 2/22	9	NO CLASS		(All classes follow Monday schedule)
T 2/27	10	Atmospheric radiative transfer I	Ch. 3: §3.1-3.2	HW2 assigned; due 3/5
Th 2/29	11	Atmospheric radiative transfer II	Ch. 3: §3.3-3.4
T 3/5	12	Atmospheric radiative transfer III	Ch. 3: §3.5-3.7	HW2 due
Th 3/7	13	Atmospheric radiative transfer IV	Ch. 3: §3.8-3.13
T 3/12	14	MIDTERM 1
Th 3/14	15	Surface energy balance I	Ch. 4
T 3/19	16	Midterm 1 review
Th 3/21	17	Surface energy balance II
T 3/26	18	Hydrological cycle	Ch. 5
Th 3/28	19	Atmospheric general circulation I	Ch. 6
T 4/2	20	Atmospheric general circulation II
Th 4/4	21	Ocean general circulation	Ch. 7
T 4/9	22	Atmospheric and ocean circulations lab		Lab day! (rotating tanks)
Th 4/11	23	MIDTERM 2
T 4/16	24	Internal climate variability I	Ch. 8
Th 4/18	25	(canceled)
T 4/23	26	NO CLASS		(Spring break)
Th 4/25	27	NO CLASS		(Spring break)
T 4/30	28	NO CLASS		(Spring break)
Th 5/2	29	Internal climate variability II
T 5/7	30	Paleoclimate; Natural climate change;	Ch. 9; Ch. 12;
Th 5/9	31	Climate sensitivity; Anthropogenic climate change I	Ch. 10; Ch. 13
T 5/14	32	Global climate models; Anthropogenic climate change II	Ch. 11
T 5/21 8-10:15am	33	FINAL EXAM		official schedule
W 5/22 11:59pm	n/a	B8800 FINAL PAPER DUE		instructions