Weizmann Institute of
Science - 2024
Introduction to the Global Climate System
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Lecturer: Eli Galanti Tuesday 9:15-11:00 Sussman, Magaritz Zoom |
TA: Or Hess Wednesday 10:15-11:00 Sussman, Magaritz
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Final exam: Tuesday,
March 19, 10:00-13:00, Rm C, FGS
Closed book
exam! Bring a calculator.
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Syllabus |
o Motivation, rational, and ordering |
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Lectures |
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Lecture
1: Introduction (Notes) o
Lecture
2: Global energy balance (Notes) o
Lecture
3: Atmospheric radiative transfer (Notes) o
Lecture 4: Energy balance at the surface & Hydrological
cycle (Notes
1 & 2) o Lecture 5: Atmospheric general circulation I (Notes 1 & 2) o Lecture 6: Atmospheric general circulation II (Notes) o
Lecture 7: Oceanic general circulation (Notes) o
Lecture 8: El Nino – Southern Oscillation (Notes) o
Lecture 9: Past climates (Notes) o
Lecture 10: Climate models (Notes) o
Lecture 11: Climate feedbacks (Notes) o Lecture 12: Anthropogenic climate change (Notes, IPCC AR6 Physical basis & TS) |
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Tutorials |
o Week 1 (Notes) o Week 2 (Notes) o Week 3 (Notes) o Week 4 (Notes) o Week 5 (Notes) o Week 6 (Notes) o Week 7 (Notes) o Week 8 (Notes) o Week 9 (Notes) o Week 10 (Notes) o Week 11 (Notes) o Week 12 (Notes) |
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Homework |
o HW 1 (Moodle) o HW 2 (Moodle) o HW 3 (Moodle) o HW 4 (Moodle) o HW 5 (Moodle) o HW 6 (Moodle) o HW 7 (Moodle) o HW 8 (Moodle) o HW 9 (Moodle) o HW 10 (Moodle) o HW 11 (Moodle) o HW 12 (Moodle) |
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Reading Admin |
o Global Physical Climatology (Dennis L.
Hartmann, Academic Press, pp. 411) Prerequisites: o
This is a basic
introductory breadth course and should be accessible to all Weizmann graduate
students, given that they took university-level introductory courses in
linear algebra and calculus. Requirements: o
Attendance
of at least 80% of the lectures. o
Submission
of all 13 homework assignments by the deadline. o
Successfully
passing the final exam Grading: o
Maximum of
70 points for the home assignments and 30 points for the final exam. |
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