- Large-scale atmosphere and ocean dynamics
- Atmospheric convection
- Global climate modeling
- Climate dynamics Seminar
- Understanding our changing environment.
Large-scale atmosphere and ocean dynamics:
- In this course, I will cover the foundations of the dynamics of the large-scale motions in the atmosphere and ocean, with emphasis on the planetary-scale motions and large-scale ocean-atmosphere coupling processes...
Main text book: Andrian E. Gill, 1982: Atmospheric-ocean dynamics, Academics Press, New York, 662 pp. Supplementary text books: Richard Lindzen, 1990: Dynamics in atmospheric physics, Cambridge University Press, 310 pp; Joseph Pedlosky, 1998: Ocean circulation theory, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. 453 pp.
Atmospheric convection:
- Atmospheric convection is introduced as a vertical heat and moisture transfer mechanism. I will start with the Rayleigh-Benard problem as the most elementary conceptual model...
Main text book: Kerry Emanuel, 1994: Atmospheric convection. Oxford University Press. 580 pp.
Global climate modeling:
- The course will cover basic concepts in numerical modeling, basic computational methods in use in general circulation models...
Main text book: Kevin E. Trenberth 1992: Climate System Modeling. Cambridge University Press. 788 pp.
Climate Dynamics Seminar:
- A fundamental question about the climate system is why its state is always changing, and yet has so far avoided a runaway instability that could destroy all life...
Understanding our changing environment:
- Global warming has been referred to as a defining issue of the 21st century. This course is to help undergraduates to better understand the facts and logic behind the theory of global warming...
Main text book: W. J. Burroughs 2001: Climate Change, Cambridge Univ. Press, 298 pp. Reference books: IPCC Climate Change 2001: The Science of Climate Change, Cambridge Univ. Press, 881 pp; Balling R. C., 1992: The Heated Debate, Pacific Research For Public Policy, 195 pp.