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Global Warming Science

Subject: Science

Art: Claes Janszoon Vooght, Ca. 1680 celestial chart by Claes Jansz Vooght, circa 1680 · Public domain

Instructors: Prof. Kerry Emanuel, Prof. Sara Seager, Prof. Daniel Cziczo, Prof. David McGee
Term: Spring 2012
Level: Undergraduate
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Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: The Origin of Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans

Lecture 3: Paleoclimate I & Paleoclimate II

Lecture 4: The Instrumental Record

Lecture 5: Atmospheric Composition and Greenhouse Gases

Lecture 6: Radiative Transfer I

Lecture 7: Radiative Transfer II

Lecture 8: Radiative-Convective Equilibrium I

Lecture 9: Radiative-Convective Equilibrium II

Lecture 10: The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans I

Lecture 11: The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans II

Lecture 12: Non-CO₂ Greenhouse Gases

Lecture 13: The Earth’s Carbon Cycle

Lecture 14: Aerosols

Lecture 15: Climate Sensitivity, Forcings, and Feedbacks

Lecture 16: Solar and Orbital Variability

Lecture 17: Cloud, Water Vapor, Ice Albedo, and Other Feedbacks

Lecture 18: Climate Models I: General Concept, History, and Design

Lecture 19: Climate Models II: Parameterizations

Lecture 20: Climate Models III: Predictions and Projections

Lecture 21: Climate Change Mitigation and Some Links to Adaptation

Lecture 22: Geoengineering