Lecture Notes

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Lec # Topics
Part 1. The Atmosphere (4 Weeks)
1 Climate Physics and Chemistry
2 Radiative Transfer
3 Moist Convection
4 Flux of Water
5 Heat Transport
Part 2. Ocean and Climate (4 Weeks)
6 Observations and Basic Ocean Structure (PDF - 6.3 MB)
7 Fundamental Ocean Physics and Consequences (PDF - 1.0 MB)
8 What does the Wind do? (PDF)
9 Consequences of Observed Geostrophic Balance (PDF)
10 Why is there a Gulf Stream? (PDF)
11 The Modern Synthesis - a Turbulent Ocean (PDF - 3.6 MB)
Part 3. Ocean Chemical Cycles (4 Weeks)
12 Ozone, Chlorofluorocarbons, Nitrogen Oxides, and Dimethyl Sulfide (PDF - 1.2 MB)
13 Methane (PDF)#
14 Carbon Cycle (PDF - 1.2 MB)
15 Local Short-term Gas Exchange Rates from 222Rn (PDF)
16 Alkalinity, CO2 Cycling in the Ocean (PDF)
17 CO2 and Future Climate: Clues from the Past (PDF)
18 Ice Core Evidence for Climate Change (PDF)