12.340 | Spring 2012 | Undergraduate

Global Warming Science

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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

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