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Climate Modeling (LMAST) - A.A. 2023/2024

   

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 Press
      K. McGuffie K, A. Henderson-Sellers, A climate Modelling Primer, Wiley-Blackwell
  
     Lessons
1
 Th 2
November		 GR
Introduction to the course.
2
 Tu 7
November 		GR Review of the radiative properties of the atmosphere.
Calculation of the Effective Emission Temperature of the Earth.
3
 Th 9
November 		GR Greenhouse effect. Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity.
4
 Tu 14
November 		GR Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity and Feedback. Climate feedback factors.
5
 Th 16
November 		GR Main Climate Feedbacks. 
6 Tu 21
November		 GR Transient versus equilibrium response.
Evidences of the building of GHGs and of global warming.
7 Tu 21
November		 GR Launch of a balloon with PTU sensors and ECC ozonesonde.
8
 Tu 28
November 		GR GHGs and GWP. Anthropogenic forcings. Climate Projections.
9
 Th 30
November 		GR Stable, unstable and multiple equilibrium states: Daisyworld.
10
 Tu 5
December 		GR Climate tipping points.
Climate sensitivity (TCR, ECS and ESS) from models and experimental data.
11 Th 7
December 		GR Climate multi-model projections and Representative Pathway Scenarios.
Basic types of Climate Models.
12 Tu 12
December 		GR Characteristics of Energy Balance Models (EBMs). 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: numerical solution.
Hierarchy and evolution of climate models. An overview of UN Climate Change Conferences of the Parties (COPs).
13 Th 14
December 		GR Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: general characteristics and statistical derivation.
14 Tu 19
December 		GR Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: ENSO, AO, NAO, PDO, PNA.
 From Primitive equations to General Circulation in an Aquaplanet atmosphere.
15 Mo 26
February		 GR
AL
 		1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: numerical solution and exercises.
16 Tu 5
March
 		GR 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: exercises.
17
 		Mo 11
March 		GR
AL
 		1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: exercises.
18 Mo 18
March 		GR
AL
 		Introduction to Regional Climate Modeling
19 Mo 25
March 		GR
AL
 		RegCM software requirements: installation and environment setup (Conda, Python and NETCDF)
20 Tu 26
March 		GR
 AL
 		RegCM data plotting: ncview and python programs.
RegCM software downloading and compiling.
21 Mo 15
April
 		GR
 AL 		RegCM:installing executable and running preprocessing routines
RegCM:description of model components
22 Tu 16
April
 		GR
 AL 		RegCM: numerical exercises
23 Mo 22
April 		GR
 AL 		RegCM: numerical exercises
24 Mo 29
April 		AL FORTRAN numerical exercises
25 Tu 30
April 		AL FORTRAN numerical exercises



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