Climate Modeling II

Catalog description

Climate Modeling II is an advanced course that builds on foundational concepts introduced in Climate Modeling I (EEPS1400). The course offers students a hands-on introduction to modeling Earth’s climate system, and experience simulating Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, cryosphere, and climate system. Students will learn the theoretical foundations of modern numerical climate modeling and its application in a modern climate model, the Community Earth System Model (CESM). The course is a combination of traditional lecture content, tutorial content introducing students to the code structure and makeup of CESM, and computational lab work in which CESM simulations are actually performed. Students will develop and present a final project building from their course learning, based on a self-designed experiment.