Climate of the Past

Anno accademico
2019/2020 Programmi anni precedenti
Titolo corso in inglese
Climate of the Past
Codice insegnamento
PHD046 (AF:324775 AR:174910)
Modalità
In presenza
Crediti formativi universitari
6
Livello laurea
Master di Secondo Livello (DM270)
Settore scientifico disciplinare
CHIM/01
Periodo
II Semestre
Anno corso
1
Sede
VENEZIA
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This course introduces students to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history. It also talks about:
• methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series analysis
• physical and chemical processes in climate, including primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, and heat and water budgets
• internal feedback mechanisms, including ice, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and ocean circulation
• climate forcing, including orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, and solar variability
• climate models and mechanisms of variability, including energy balance, coupled models, and global ocean and atmosphere models
W. Ruddiman, Earth Climate: Past, Present and Future
Italiano
Programma definitivo.