Global Warming Science

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS	INSTRUCTOR
1	Introduction <Lecture notes not available>	Sara Seager
2	The Origin of Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans <Lecture notes not available>	Sara Seager
3	Paleoclimate I (PDF - 1.4MB) & Paleoclimate 2 (PDF - 1.2MB)	David McGee
4	The Instrumental Record (PDF - 1.4MB)	Kerry Emanuel
5	Atmospheric Composition and Greenhouse Gases (PDF - 1.3MB)	Daniel Cziczo
6	Radiative Transfer I <Lecture notes not available>	Sara Seager
7	Radiative Transfer II <Lecture notes not available>	Sara Seager
8	Radiative-Convective Equilibrium I (PDF - 1.6MB)	Kerry Emanuel
9	Radiative-Convective Equilibrium II (PDF - 2.3MB)	Kerry Emanuel
10	The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans I (PDF - 3.0MB)	Kerry Emanuel
11	The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans II (PDF - 4.9MB)	Kerry Emanuel
12	Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases (PDF - 1.6MB)	Daniel Cziczo
13	The Earth’s Carbon Cycle (PDF - 2.4MB)	David McGee
14	Aerosols (PDF - 1.4MB)	Daniel Cziczo
15	Climate Sensitivity, Forcings, and Feedbacks (PDF - 1.9MB)	Kerry Emanuel
16	Solar and Orbital Variability <Lecture notes not available>	Sara Seager
17	Cloud, Water Vapor, Ice Albedo, and Other Feedbacks (PDF - 1.6MB)	Daniel Cziczo
18	Climate Models I: General Concept, History, and Design (PDF - 1.9MB)	Kerry Emanuel
19	Climate Models II: Parameterizations (PDF - 2.9MB)	Kerry Emanuel
20	Climate Models III: Predictions and Projections (PDF - 1.9MB)	Daniel Cziczo
21	Climate Change Mitigation and Some Links to Adaptation (PDF - 3.4MB)	Susan Solomon
22	Geoengineering (PDF - 1.9MB)	Daniel Cziczo