Web page of the course
Climate Modeling (LMAST) - A.A.
2022/2023
G.
Redaelli (gianluca.redaelli@aquila.infn.it)
A. Lombardi
(annalina.lombardi@aquila.infn.it)
TEXTBOOKS:
J. Wallace and P. Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, Academic PressK. McGuffie K, A. Henderson-Sellers, A climate Modelling Primer, Wiley-Blackwell
Lessons
| 1 |
Th 22 September |
GR |
Introduction to the course. |
| 2 |
We 28 September |
GR | Present day climate. Temperature, pressure, winds. |
| 3 |
Th
29 September |
GR | Surface winds and SST. Black Body, spectra and radiative properties of the atmosphere. |
| 4 |
Tu
11 October |
GR | Calculation
of the Effective Emission
Temperature of the Earth.
Greenhouse effect. |
| 5 |
We
12 October |
GR | Greenhouse effect. Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity. |
| 6 | We
12 October |
GR | Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity and Feedback. Climate feedback factors. |
| 7 |
Th
13 October |
GR | Main Climate Feedbacks. |
| 8 |
Fr 14 October |
GR | The climate system. Transient versus equilibrium response. Evidences of the building of GHGs. |
| 9 |
Mo 17 October |
GR | GHGs and GWP. Anthropogenic forcings. |
| 10 | We 19 October |
GR | Evidences
of global warming and
projections for the
future Climate sensitivity (TCR, ECS and ESS) from model and experimental data. |
| 11 |
Th 27 October |
GR | Stable, unstable and multiple equilibrium states: Daisyworld. |
| 12 |
Mo 31 October |
GR | Climate tipping points. The Earth Climate System. |
| 13 | We
2 November |
GR | Basic types of Climate Models. Characteristics of EBMs. |
| 14 | We 9 November |
GR | Characteristics
of EBMs. 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: numerical solution and exercises. |
| 15 | Th 10 November |
GR | Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: general characteristics and statistical derivation. |
| 16 |
Fr 11 November |
GR | Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: ENSO, AO, NAO, PDO, PNA |
| 17 | We
7 December |
GR | Oceanic General Circulation |
| 18 | 21 February |
AL | Global Climate Modelling |
| 19 | 07 March |
AL | Regional Climate Modelling |
| 20 | 06 April |
AL | RegCM: Regional Climate Modelling V4.0 |
| 21 | 02 May |
AL | RegCM Physical Parameterization |
| 22 | 04 May |
AL | A numerical model chain |
| 23 | 08 May |
AL | Installing
RegCM
|
| 24 | 23 May |
AL | IPCC Sixth
Assessment Report |
| 25 | 30 May |
AL | IPCC Sixth Assessment Report |