To provide understanding of the climate system as the framework for the physical principles underlying the nature and extent of historic, contemporary, and future climate change. Global and regional scale events are used to illustrate major concepts and theories responsible for spatial and temporal climate differences. Links between the climate system and other natural systems are used to illustrate how climate is coupled with human activities.
Exams are closed book.
The exams are short essay questions and identification of selected terms, concepts, or principles covered during the periods specified on the syllabus. Make-up exams are not provided except for verifiable emergency circumstances. HW assignments are distributed at the beginning of the lecture on the dates designated on the syllabus. HW is due at the end of the lecture on the dates designated on the syllabus. Answers to problems involving numerical calculations must show steps in the calculation with appropriate explanations.