Date

Lecture

Topic -- See individual lecture pages for readings

9-25 (Tu)

1

Overview:  Global warming, the IPCC, and the AR4

9-27 (Th)

2

The climate system

10-2 (Tu)

3

Climate history

10-4 (Th)

4

Changes in atmospheric composition and radiative forcing

10-9 (Tu)

5

Observed changes in the atmosphere and at the Earth's surface

10-11 (Th)

6

Observed changes in snow, ice, and land cover

10-16 (Tu)

7

Observed changes in the ocean and in sea level

10-18 (Th)

8

Paleoclimatology and data-model comparisons

10-23 (Tu)

9

To be announced

10-25 (Th)

Exam

10-30 (Tu)

 10

Climate-biosphere coupling

11-1 (Th)

11

Climate models and their evaluation

11-6 (Tu)

12

Detection, understanding and attribution of climate change

11-8 (Th)

13

Global climate projections - I

11-13 (Tu)

14

Global climate projections - II

11-15 (Th)

15

Regional climate projections

11-20 (Tu)

16

Impacts

11-27 (Tu)

17

The US Climate Change Science Program

11-29 (Th)

18

What's next?