Reading assignments are from the course textbooks:
Archer, David. Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. Wiley, 2011. ISBN: 9780470943410. [Preview with Google Books]
[IPCC] Climate Change 2007—The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521880091.
| LEC # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction | Chapter 1 in [IPCC]. |
| 2 | The Origin of Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans | <no readings> |
| 3 | Paleoclimate I & Paleoclimate 2 | Chapter 6 in [IPCC]. |
| 4 | The Instrumental Record | Chapters 3.2 & 6 in [IPCC]. |
| 5 | Atmospheric Composition and Greenhouse Gases | Chapters 3 & 4 in [Global Warming]. |
| 6 | Radiative Transfer I | Chapters 3 & 4 in [Global Warming]. |
| 7 | Radiative Transfer II | Chapters 3 & 4 in [Global Warming]. |
| 8 | Radiative-Convective Equilibrium I | Chapter 5 in [Global Warming]. |
| 9 | Radiative-Convective Equilibrium II | Chapter 5 in [Global Warming]. |
| 10 | The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans I | Chapter 6 in [Global Warming]. |
| 11 | The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans II | Chapter 6 in [Global Warming]. |
| 12 | Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gases | Chapter 4 in [Global Warming]. |
| 13 | The Earth’s Carbon Cycle | Chapter 8 in [Global Warming]. |
| 14 | Aerosols | Chapter 2.4 in [IPCC]. |
| 15 | Climate Sensitivity, Forcings, and Feedbacks | <no readings> |
| 16 | Solar and Orbital Variability | Chapters 8 & 10 in [Global Warming]. |
| 17 | Cloud, Water Vapor, Ice Albedo, and Other Feedbacks | Chapter 2.4 in [IPCC]. |
| 18 | Climate Models I: General Concept, History, and Design | Chapters 8.1 & 8.2 in [IPCC]. |
| 19 | Climate Models II: Parameterizations | Chapters 8.3 & 9 in [IPCC]. |
| 20 | Climate Models III: Predictions and Projections | Chapter 10 in [IPCC]. |
| 21 | Climate Change Mitigation and Some Links to Adaptation | <no readings> |
| 22 | Geoengineering | Robock, Alan. “20 Reasons Why Geoengineering May be a Bad Idea.” (PDF) Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 64, no. 2 (2008): 14–8, and 59. |
Extra Readings
Crutzen, P. J. “Albedo Enhancement by Stratospheric Sulfur Injections: A Contribution to Resolve A Policy Dilemma?” Climatic Change 77, no. 3–4 (2006): 211–20.
Robock, Alan. “20 Reasons Why Geoengineering May be a Bad Idea.” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 64, no. 2 (2008): 14–8.
Collins, William D., Friedlingstein, Pierre, et al. “Global Climate Projections.” Chapter 10 in Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521880091.
“Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing (PDF)” Chapter 2 in Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521880091.
Shakun, Jeremy D., Peter U. Clark, et al."Global warming preceded by increasing carbon dioxide concentrations during the last deglaciation." Nature 484 (2012): 49–54.
Zahnle, Kevin J. “Earth’s Earliest Atmosphere.” Elements 2, no. 4 (2006): 217–22.
Kump, Lee R. “The Rise of Atmospheric Oxygen.” Nature 451 (2008): 277–8.
Kasting, James F., and David Catling. “Evolution of a Habitable Planet.” Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics 41 (2003): 429–63.
Solanki, Sami K. “Solar Variability and Climate Change: Is There a Link?” Astronomy & Geophysics 43, no. 5 (2002): 5.09–5.13.
Pierrehumbert, Raymond T. “Infrared Radiation and Planetary Temperature.” Physics Today 64, no. 1 (2011): 33–8.
Archer, David, Michael Eby, et al. “Atmospheric Lifetime of Fossil Fuel Carbon Dioxide.” Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 37 (2009): 117–34.
Pacala, S., and R. Socolow. “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies.” Science 305, no. 5686 (2004): 968–72.
Sterman, John D. “Risk Communication on Climate: Mental Models and Mass Balance.” Science 322, no. 5901 (2008): 532–3.
