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Climate Modeling (LMAST) - A.A. 2021/2022 - (I Sem.)

                                         

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G. Redaelli (gianluca.redaelli@aquila.infn.it)

L. Sangelantoni (lorenzo.sangelantoni@aquila.infn.it)


    

     TEXTBOOKS:

       J. Wallace and P. Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, Academic Press
      K. McGuffie K, A. Henderson-Sellers, A climate Modelling Primer, Wiley-Blackwell
  
     Lessons
1
 Tu 5
October
 GR
 		Introduction to the course.
2
 Th 7
October 		GR
 		Present day climate. Temperature, pressure, winds. Surface winds and SST. 
3
 Tu 12
October 		GR
 		Black Body, spectra and radiative properties of the atmosphere. Calculation of the Effective Emission Temperature of the Earth.
4
 We 13
October 		GR
 		Greenhouse effect. Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity.
5
 Tu 19
October 		GR Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity and Feedback. Climate feedback factors.
6
 Tu 25
October
 GR Main Climate Feedbacks. The climate system. Transient versus equilibrium response.
7
 We 26
October 		GR GHGs and GWP. Evidences of the building of GHGs and of global warming. Anthropogenic forcings.
8
 Tu 2
November 		GR Climate sensitivity (TCR, ECS and ESS) from model and experimental data.
9 We 3
November		 GR
Stable, unstable and multiple equilibrium states: Daisyworld.
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 Tu 9
November 		GR Climate tipping points. Basic types of Climate Models. Characteristics of Energy Balance Models (EBMs).
11 Tu 16
November 		GR 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: numerical solution.
12 Tu 23
November 		GR 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: numerical exercises.
13 We 24
November 		GR Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: general characteristics and statistical derivation.
14 Tu 30
November 		GR Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: ENSO, AO, NAO, PDO, PNA.
15 Tu 7
December 		AR Oceanic General Circulation.
16 Tu 14
December 		GR Hierarchy and evolution of climate models.
17
 		We 15
December 		AR Oceanic General Circulation.
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