Date
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Concept
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Reading
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Assignment
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Sept 4
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Intro, the IPCC
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Sept 6
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Intro, Overview of Course
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Atlas: Intro (p.9-13),
JH: Chap.1
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Sept 11
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Surface Air Temperature, Global Average
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ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p.96-97;
ar4-wg1-spm.pdf: p. 5
Atlas: Climate System, Past Climates (p.32-35)
JH: p 70-79
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Sept 13
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Surface Air Temperature, station data
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ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p.103-104
JH: end p 124 to beg p 128
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Sept 18
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Atmospheric Composition, Greenhouse Gases, CO2 concentration
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ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p. 94-95,98-99
Atlas: Emissions, Fossil fuels (p.39-43)
JH: p 34-49
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Temperature, exercise with gistemp
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Sept 20
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Forcings, Radiative Forcing, EM Spectrum, Albedo
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ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p.94-95, 100-102, 120-121
JH: p 63-64
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Sept 21 (Friday)
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Articles related to Radiative Forcing & Earth’s Energy Balance
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Sept 25
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Albedo; Aerosols according to IPCC 2007
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Atlas: Disrupting Carbon Balance (p.48-51); JH: p end 57-62+
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Sept 27
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Carbon and CO2, Emissions vs. Concentration, Sources and Sink
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ar4-wg1-spm.pdf: p.2-3;
ar4-wg1-chapter 7.pdf, p. 514-516 [difficult, we will do in class]; JH: p 35-46
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Oct 2
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Carbon Cycle (basic equations), Human Involvement
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ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p.115-116; Atlas: Transportation (p.46-47)
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Calculate your CO2 Footprint/Carbon Emissions, e.g. BP carbon footprint calculator
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Oct 4
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Greenhouse theory, electromag. spectrum
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JH: Chap. 2
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Oct 9
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Carbon Biogeochemical Cycle Summary, Sources & Sinks
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Carbon Cycle Questions (in class, I hope)
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Oct 11
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Methane and Review Questions
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Atlas: Methane (p.44-45);
JH: relevant parts of Chap.3
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Oct 12
(Friday)
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Pleistocene Ice Ages
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Oct 16
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MIDTERM
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Oct 18
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Introduction to Climate Impacts
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ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p.107-108, 119, 122, 124;
Atlas: Glaciers, Extremes (p.24-27)JH: p Chap 7
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Possible Field Trip to Lecture at Food and Agriculture Organization this week, even Friday
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Oct 23
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Climate Impact: Less Arctic Sea Ice
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JH: p Chap 7
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Oct 25
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Precipitation Patterns
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JH: p Chap 7
ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p.105-106;
ar4-wg1-spm.pdf: p.5-9
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Oct 30
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Climate Impacts
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Nov 1
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Holiday
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Nov 6
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Climate Impacts: Hydrological Cycle, Tropical Cyclones
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ar4-wg1-spm.pdf: p.12-16;
Atlas: Water, Food (p.56-59);
JH: p Chap 7
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Assignment Three: Paper Title and Part of References
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Nov 8
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Climate Impacts: Scenarios, Hydrological Cycle-Drought
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ar4-wg1-faqs.pdf: p.111
Atlas: Sea Level, Cities (p.62-65)
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Nov 13
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Climate Impacts: Sea Level Rise, the Uncertainty
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ar4-wg1-spm.pdf , p. 113-114, 117
JH: p Chap 7
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Nov 15
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Climate Impacts: Sea Level Rise, the Uncertainty
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Nov 20
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Climate Mitigation: the UNFCCC, Kyoto
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Kyoto Dec 2011 articles, nytimes
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Nov 27
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Climate Mitigation: Ocean and Hydropower
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Ren21 global status report, pgs. 21-22, 42-45, at www.map.ren21.net/GSR/GSR2012.pdf
Atlas: “Action” (p.78-79, 82-83, 88-91),
JH: Chap 11
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Nov 29
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Climate Mitigation: Wind power
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Ren21 global status report, p 57-60, www.map.ren21.net/GSR/GSR2012.pdf JH: Chap 11
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Paper Due, as both paper and e-copy
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Dec 4
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Climate Mitigation: Fuel Efficiency
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JH: Chap 11
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Dec 6
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Future Climate Change: scenarios
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<IPCC Scenarios> excerpted from IPCC web site (this is heavy reading, we will concentrate on a few key figures)
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