12.340
Global Warming Science
Spring 2012
Topics
- Introduction
- The Origin of Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans
- Paleoclimate I & Paleoclimate II
- The Instrumental Record
- Atmospheric Composition and Greenhouse Gases
- Radiative Transfer I
- Radiative Transfer II
- Radiative-Convective Equilibrium I
- Radiative-Convective Equilibrium II
- The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans I
- The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans II
- Non-CO 2 Greenhouse Gases
- The Earth’s Carbon Cycle
- Aerosols
- Climate Sensitivity, Forcings, and Feedbacks
- Solar and Orbital Variability
- Cloud, Water Vapor, Ice Albedo, and Other Feedbacks
- Climate Models I: General Concept, History, and Design
- Climate Models II: Parameterizations
- Climate Models III: Predictions and Projections
- Climate Change Mitigation and Some Links to Adaptation
- Geoengineering
Readings
- A good summary of the state of understanding of global warming can be found in Climate Change 2007—The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC . Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521880091.
- [IPCC] Climate Change 2007—The Physical Science Basis: Working Group I Contribution to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC . Cambridge University Press, 2007. ISBN: 9780521880091.
- LEC #: 1 · TOPICS: Introduction · READINGS: Chapter 1 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: The Origin of Earth’s Atmosphere and Oceans · READINGS: <no readings>
- LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: Paleoclimate I & Paleoclimate 2 · READINGS: Chapter 6 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 4 · TOPICS: The Instrumental Record · READINGS: Chapters 3.2 & 6 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Atmospheric Composition and Greenhouse Gases · READINGS: Chapters 3 & 4 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 6 · TOPICS: Radiative Transfer I · READINGS: Chapters 3 & 4 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Radiative Transfer II · READINGS: Chapters 3 & 4 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Radiative-Convective Equilibrium I · READINGS: Chapter 5 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 9 · TOPICS: Radiative-Convective Equilibrium II · READINGS: Chapter 5 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans I · READINGS: Chapter 6 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: The Circulation of the Atmosphere and Oceans II · READINGS: Chapter 6 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 12 · TOPICS: Non-CO 2 Greenhouse Gases · READINGS: Chapter 4 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 13 · TOPICS: The Earth’s Carbon Cycle · READINGS: Chapter 8 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 14 · TOPICS: Aerosols · READINGS: Chapter 2.4 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 15 · TOPICS: Climate Sensitivity, Forcings, and Feedbacks · READINGS: <no readings>
- LEC #: 16 · TOPICS: Solar and Orbital Variability · READINGS: Chapters 8 & 10 in [Global Warming].
- LEC #: 17 · TOPICS: Cloud, Water Vapor, Ice Albedo, and Other Feedbacks · READINGS: Chapter 2.4 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 18 · TOPICS: Climate Models I: General Concept, History, and Design · READINGS: Chapters 8.1 & 8.2 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 19 · TOPICS: Climate Models II: Parameterizations · READINGS: Chapters 8.3 & 9 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 20 · TOPICS: Climate Models III: Predictions and Projections · READINGS: Chapter 10 in [IPCC].
- LEC #: 21 · TOPICS: Climate Change Mitigation and Some Links to Adaptation · READINGS: <no readings>
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.