The Global Climate System

0.5 credits · Undergraduate

A study of the physical elements of the global climate system. Deals with global and synoptic climatic processes including the structure of the atmosphere, radiation, atmospheric dynamics, general circulation, and the oceans. These concepts are applied to an introduction to the problem of climatic change and its prediction. Prerequisite: ERSC-GEOG-EGEO 1040H or ERSC-CLIM-GEOG 1060H (ERSC-CLIM 1050H).