Web page of the course
Climate Modeling
LMAST4MC
- A.A. 2025/2026
G. Redaelli (gianluca.redaelli@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 4 November |
GR | Introduction to the course |
| 2 |
We 6 November |
GR | Calculation
of the Effective Emission
Temperature of the Earth.
Greenhouse effect. |
| 3 |
Tu
11 November |
GR | Radiative
Forcing and Climate
Sensitivity. Climate
Equilibria, Sensitivity and
Feedback. |
| 4 | Th
13 November |
GR | Main
Climate Feedbacks. |
| 5 | Tu
18 November |
GR | Transient
versus equilibrium response.
Climate sensitivity (TCR,
ECS and ESS) from models and
experimental data. |
| 6 | We
19 November |
GR | Stable, unstable and multiple equilibrium states: Daisyworld. Climate Tipping Points. |
| 7 | Tu
25 November |
GR | 1D Energy Balance Model for the calculation of Ts: numerical solution end exercise. |
| 8 | Tu
2 December |
GR |
Evidences
of the building of
GHGs and of global
warming. GHGs and GWP.
Bases of climate modelling. |
| 9 | Tu
9 December |
GR |
Bases
of climate modelling.
Climate Projection. |
| 10 |
Th
11 December |
GR | Patterns and indices of Climate Variability: general characteristics and statistical derivation. |
| 11 | Mo
2 March |
GR |
Patterns
and indices of
Climate
Variability: ENSO,
AO, NAO, PDO, PNA. The Paris Agreement. |
| 12 | Th
26 March |
GR | Introduction to Global Climate Modeling: basics, evolution and and hierarchy |
| 13 |
Mo
30 March |
GR | Introduction
to Global
Climate
Modeling:
characteristics
and
applications. Climate 'downscaling'. |
| 14 |
Tu
31 March |
GR |
Introduction
to Regional
Climate
Modeling: characteristics
and
applications. Finite Grid vs Spectral Formulation for GCMs. |
| 15 | Th
16 April |
GR | The RegCM model: general characteristics |
| 16 |
Th
16 April |
GR |
Launch
of a balloon
with PTU
sensors and
ECC
ozonesonde. |
| 18 |
Mo
20 April |
GR | RegCM: Software required for installation and environment setup (Conda, Python and NETCDF) |
| 19 | Tu
21 April |
GR | RegCM: Analysis and plotting of netcdf data file with Python. Numerical exercises. |
| 20 | Mo
4 May |
GR | RegCM:
Analysis of
seasonal
forecast
output |
| 21 | Tu
5 May |
GR | RegCM: Analysis of seasonal forecast output |
| 22 | Mo
11 May |
GR | RegCM: Comparison metrics for the evaluation of the output field |