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Lecture notes files.
| 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) |