12.301 / 12.842 Climate Physics and Chemistry, Fall 2006
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12-301Fall-2006/OcwWeb/Earth--Atmospheric--and-Planetary-Sciences/12-301Fall-2006/CourseHome/index.htm
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Author(s)
Boyle, Edward A.
Emanuel, Kerry A., 1955-
Wunsch, Carl
Alternative Title
Climate Physics and Chemistry
Date Issued
December 2006
Abstract
Meets with graduate subject 12.840, but assignments differ. See description under subject 12.840. From the course home page: Course Description This course introduces students to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history; methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series analysis; physical and chemical processes in climate, including primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, and heat and water budgets; internal feedback mechanisms, including ice, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and ocean circulation; climate forcing, including orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, and solar variability; climate models and mechanisms of variability, including energy balance, coupled models, and global ocean and atmosphere models; and outstanding problems.
Subjects
climate
climate change
proxies
ice cores
primordial atmosphere
ozone chemistry
carbon and oxygen cycles
heat and water budgets
aerosols
water vapor
clouds
ocean circulation
orbital variations
volcanism
plate tectonics
solar system
solar variability
climate model
energy balance
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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