Web page of the course
Climate Modeling
LMAST4MC
- A.A. 2024/2025
G. Redaelli (gianluca.redaelli@univaq.it)
A. Lombardi (annalina.lombardi@univaq.it)
TEXTBOOKS:
J. Wallace, P. Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: An introductory survey, Ac. Press
K. McGuffie, A. Henderson-Sellers, A climate Modelling Primer, Wiley-Blackwell
Lessons
| 1 |
Tu 19 November |
GR | Introduction to the course |
| 2 |
Th
21 November |
GR | Calculation of the Effective Emission Temperature of the Earth. |
| 3 |
Tu
3 December |
GR | Greenhouse effect. Radiative Forcing and Climate Sensitivity. |
| 4 |
Th
5 December |
GR | Climate Equilibria, Sensitivity and Feedback. |
| 5 | Tu
10 December |
GR | Main Climate Feedbacks. Transient versus equilibrium response. |
| 6 | We
11 December |
GR | Launch of a balloon with PTU sensors and ECC ozonesonde. |
| 7 |
We
18
December
|
GR | Evidences
of the building of GHGs and
of global warming. GHGs and GWP. Anthropogenic forcings. |
| 8 |
Mo
10
March |
GR |
Climate
sensitivity (TCR, ECS
and ESS) from models and
experimental data. Stable, unstable and multiple equilibrium states: Daisyworld. |
| 9 | Tu
11 March |
GR | Climate Tipping Points. Bases of climate modelling. Climate Projections. |
| 10 | Mo
17 March |
GR | Climate Projection. Different types of Climate Models. 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: numerical solution |
| 11 | Tu
18 March |
GR | Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: general characteristics and statistical derivation. |
| 12 | Th
20 March |
GR |
Patterns
and indices of
Climate
Variability:
ENSO, AO, NAO,
PDO, PNA. An overview of UN Climate Change Conferences of the Parties (COPs). |
| 13 | Mo
24 March |
GR | 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: exercises |
| 14 | Mo
31 March |
GR |
1D
Energy Balance
Model for the
calculation of
Ts: exercises. |
| 15 | Tu
1 April |
GR | Hierarchy
and evolution
of climate
models. Finite Grid vs Spectral Formulation for AGCM. |
| 16 | Tu
8 April |
GR AL |
Introduction to Regional Climate Modeling |
| 18 | Th
10 April |
GR AL |
The RegCM model: general characteristics and software requirements |
| 19 | Mo
14 April |
AL | Introduction to FORTRAN |
| 20 | Tu
15 April |
GR AL |
RegCM: installation and environment setup (Conda, Python and NETCDF) |
| 21 | Mo
28 April |
GR | TBD (RegCM: numerical exercises) |
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