Week 1
10/1 Overview, Atmospheric Structure (DF)
Hartmann Chap 1
Elliott and Frierson encyc article
Supplementary: Wallace & Hobbs Chap 1

Week 2
10/6 Radiation (DF)
Hartmann Chap 2
Supplementary:
Wallace & Hobbs Chap 4
Hartmann Chap 3

10/8 Energy Balance Model (DF)
North (1975)

Week 3
10/13 Dynamics I (SR)
Supplementary: W&H: 3, 7
Holton 1-3

10/15 Dynamics II (SR)

10/22 Clouds/Feedbacks (DF)
Hartmann Chap 9
Roe 2009
Project 1 due

Week 5
10/27 Feedbacks/Atmosphere I (DF)
Roe 2009 (link above)
Hartmann Chap 6

10/29 Atmosphere II (DF)

Week 6
11/3 Ocean I (SR)
H: 7

11/5 Ocean II (SR)
HW 1 out

Week 7
11/10 Ocean III (SR)
11/12 Climate Models (DF)
HW 1 due

Week 8
11/17 Ocean IV (SR)
11/19 Tropical climate interactions (SR)
Project 2 out

Week 9
11/24 PDO (SR)
11/26 No class

Week 10
12/1 Hydrologic cycle & global warming (DF)
Held and Soden 2006

12/3 Paleoclimate/Cryosphere I and ITCZ response to LGM/extratropical forcing (DF)
Project 2 due
Final project handed out

Week 11
12/8 Paleoclimate/Cryosphere II (DF)

12/10 Climate Change (SR/Discussion)
Final project due