Date |
Chapter Reading |
Class Activity (2nd, 3rd Hr) |
Homework Due |
Jan 3 (W) |
1 – Introduction to course and review of basic concepts |
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Jan 4 (R) |
2 – Blackbody radiation |
Blackbody Tutorial | |
Jan 5 (F) |
3 – Layer models and TBA – Scientific literature |
Chapter 2 Projects: 1-3 | |
Jan 8 (M) |
3 – Layer models and TBA – Scientific literature |
Literature Review | Chapter 2 Projects: 4-5 |
Jan 9 (T) |
4 – Greenhouse gases |
Video: An Inconvenient Truth | Chapter 3 Projects 1-3 |
Jan 10 (W) |
5 – Temperature Structure of the atmosphere |
Video: TBA | Chapter 4 Projects 1-3 |
Jan 11 (R) |
6 – Heat, winds & currents |
Video: TBA | Chapter 5 Projects 1-2 |
| Jan 12 (F) | NO CLASS | NO CLASS | |
Jan 15 (M) |
7 - Feedbacks |
Literature Review; Introduction to Climate Modeling with Stella |
Chapter 6 Projects 1-2 |
Jan 16 (T) |
8, 9 - Carbon Cycle |
Climate Modeling Project Work | Chapter 7 Projects 2-3 |
Jan 17 (W) |
9, 10 - Carbon Cycle |
Comparative Planetology | Chapter 8 Projects 1-3 |
Jan 18 (R) |
11, 12 – Forecasts & Reliability |
Comparative Planetology | Chapter 9 Projects 1-2 |
| Jan 19 (F) | Independent Climate Modeling Project Work | Chapter 10 Projects 1-2 | |
Jan 22 (M) |
11, 12 – Forecasts & Reliability |
Literature Review | |
Jan 23 (T) |
13 – Decisions, decisions and TBA – Scientific literature |
Climate Modeling Project Work | Chapter 11 Project |
Jan 24 (W) |
TBA – Scientific literature |
Climate Modeling Project Work | |
Jan 25 (R) |
TBA – Scientific literature |
Climate Modeling Project Work | |
| Jan 26 (F) | Independent Climate Modeling Project Work | ||
Jan 29 (M) |
Student Presentations |
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Jan 30 (T) |
Student Presentations |
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Jan 31 (W) |
EXAM |