Climate Predictability

Catalog description

Practical application and science underpinning of climate models and current climate forecast systems. Sources of predictability for climate forecasts on subseasonal, seasonal, and longer timescales. Modes of climate variability and related impacts, with emphasis on El Nino-Southern Oscillation and Northern Hemisphere patterns. The climate science behind Hurricane season and seasonal climate outlooks. This course is open to graduate students and upper-level undergraduate majors who receive a C- or higher in MEA 421 or MEA 460 .