E-PSCI 208: Physics of Climate
E-PSCI 208Meeting Time: Tuesday, Thursday 1:30pm - 2:45pm Course Description: Overview of the basic features of the climate system (global energy balance, atmospheric general circulation, ocean circulation, and climate variability) and the underlying physical processes. Geological Museum 455, 617-495-2354, kuang@fas.harvard.edu Location: Geological Museum 418 Meeting Time: Tu., Th., 1:30-2:45 TF: David Wei, davidwei@g.harvard.edu Reference books: We will not use a particular textbook (lecture notes will be provided), but the following books are useful references:
Homework: There will be bi-weekly homework assignments. Some will require the use of numerical models. Knowledge of some programming language, in particular Matlab, is needed. Go here for an online tutorial of Matlab: http://www.mathworks.com/academia/student_center/tutorials/register.html There is also Matlab boot camp at Harvard: https://wiki.harvard.edu/confluence/display/fasmatlab/ Midterm presentations: For the midterm, you will be asked to find, read, and present a recent (published within the past ten years) paper that is relevant to the course. Influential old papers are fine too. Good sources for such papers (that are short) are, for example, Nature, Science, Geophysical Research Letters. Final projects: You will be asked to do a research project or a more extensive literature review on a topic related to the course. We will provide some ideas. But you are encouraged to come up with your own projects, or to discuss with us to formulate one. Policy on collaboration: Discussions of the assignments among students are permitted but you must write your own solutions/reports (except in the case of a group project). Grading: Homework 60%, Midterm 15%, Final project 25%. Topics covered:
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