[pccgrads] Fwd: ATM S 571 Climate Dynamics in Autumn quarter

[Miriam A. Bertram via pccgrads]

Dear PCC grad students,

Gerard Roe and I will be teaching Climate Dynamics (ATM S 571*) this Autumn
quarter. The course is 3 credits and meets MWF 10:30-11:20am in ATG 610.
It’s intended for for graduate students of all levels and backgrounds who
are doing research on some aspect of climate.

The course examines Earth’s climate dynamics from the perspective of recent
research that has focused on the energy budget. Topics include: the
processes that control Earth’s climatology; radiative feedbacks and climate
sensitivity; timescales of climate response to forcing; mechanisms of
climate variability; oceanic and atmospheric heat transport from an energy
budget perspective; the role of ocean circulation in climate change; the
surface energy budget and hydrologic cycle changes with global warming; and
sources of uncertainty in climate prediction. These topics are explored
through a hierarchy of idealized physical models, as well as their
application towards understanding the complex system dynamics seen in both
nature and general circulation models (GCMs).

Spread the word, and I hope you can join us!

Kyle

* Note that ATM S 571 is currently known as "Advanced Physical
Climatology", but this course number will be used for Climate Dynamics
going forward once approved.

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Kyle C. Armour
Calvin Professor in Oceanography
Professor, Department of Atmospheric & Climate Science,
School of Oceanography
University of Washington, Seattle

offices: OSB 311 | ATG 708
karmour at uw.edu
206-221-4402
http://faculty.washington.edu/karmour/
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