Climate Science

Catalog description

The focus of this course is Earth's climate system, including the role of the atmosphere, ocean, cryosphere and land-atmosphere interaction. This course digs deeper into the physical principles underlying climate processes, energy balance, feedback mechanisms, climate variability and climate dynamics, including large-scale atmospheric and ocean circulation. This course will discuss recent climate change, and projections for future climate scenarios. Students will have hands-on experience with practicing climate modelling tools, analyzing climate data, and exploring current research in climate science. Thus, this course will involve quantitative analysis and will reinforce students' reading, writing, and public-speaking skills through the class project on climate change.