Course Schedule Winter 2008
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Date
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Topic
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Suggested Reading
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Problem or Paper
Discussion
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WEEK 1: Greenhouse
Gases and Radiative Forcing
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M 01/07
W 01/09
F 01/11
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Introduction
/ Rad. bal. (LJ)
Radiative
forcing (LJ)
Matlab
Tutorial (CK)
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IPCC 2007 tech sum.
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Prob#1(rad.
forcing) out
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WEEK 2: Global Carbon
Fluxes and Carbonate Chemistry
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M 01/14
W 01/16
F 01/18
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Global carbon Fluxes (SE)
Carbonate chemistry (SE)
Ocean solubility Pump (SE)
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E&H Chapt 4 & 11
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Prob#1
Due ; Prob#2 (carb. chem.) out
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WEEK 3: Ocean Carbon Pumps
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M 01/21
W 01/23
F 01/25
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Holiday
Ocean
biological pump (SE)
Prob #3
Group discussion
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Prob#2
due; Prob#3 (4–box oce-atm) out
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WEEK 4: Non-CO2 Greenhouse
gases
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M 01/28
W 01/30
F 02/1
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Non-CO2
GHG (LJ)
Non-CO2
GHG (LJ)
Paper
discussion
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IPCC
2007 Chap 2+7
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Prob.#3 due.
LJ paper
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WEEK
5: Non-CO2 Greenhouse
gases (cont.)
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M 02/04
W 02/06
F 02/08
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Prob#4 Discussion
Aerosols and Climate (LJ)
Paper Discussion
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IPCC
2007 Chap 2+7
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Prob#4 (atm. CH4 transport) out
LJ Paper
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WEEK 6: Ocean Anthropogenic CO2 Uptake
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M 02/11
W 02/13
F 02/15
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Ocean CO2 uptake (SE)
Ocean CO2 uptake (SE)
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E&H Chapt 11
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Prob#4 due
Prob#5 (Oce. CO2 uptake) out
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WEEK 7: Terrestrial CO2 Uptake
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M 02/18
W 02/20
F 02/22
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Holiday
Atm O2/N2
ratios (SE)
Paper
Discussion
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Prob#5 due
SE Paper
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WEEK 8: CO2 Sequestration
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M 02/25
W 02/27
F 02/29
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Terrestrial CO2 update (LJ)
CO2
Sequestration (SE)
Paper
Discussion
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SE Paper
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WEEK 9:
Atmospheric Inverse Models
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M 3/03
W 3/05
F 3/07
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Atm. Inverse models (LJ)
Atm. Inverse models (LJ)
Paper Discussion
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LJ Paper
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WEEK 10: Student
presentations
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M 3/11 W 3/12
F 3/14
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Student
Presentations
Student Presentations
Student
Presentations
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