SIO 217A: Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Fall 2011 - SIO217A Course Syllabus

Instructor: Lynn Russell; Office: Nierenberg 343; Telephone: 534-4852, Email:

Fall 2011 - SIO217A Course Schedule

Prerequisites: Chem. 6A-6C or 6AH, 6BH, and 6 CH, or quivalent. (S)

Required Text:

• Thermodynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, J. A. Curry & P. J. Webster (1999)

Lecture Notes:

1. Chapter 01
2. Chapter 02
3. Chapter 03
4. Chapter 04
5. Chapter 05
6. Chapter 06
7. Chapter 07
8. Chapter 08
9. Chapter 12

Guest Lectures by Mike Pritchard

1. Thermodynamics 1
2. Thermodynamics 2

Midterm Solutions

1. Midterm

Reading List:

1. Stevens et al. 2003 (PDF ~1.2MB)
2. Roberts and Nenes 2005 (PDF ~1.4MB)
3. Russell et al. 1998 (PDF ~13.9MB)
4. Bahadur et al. 2008 (PDF ~0.8MB)
5. "The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Consensus" (PDF ~0.8MB)
6. "Will desperate climates call for desperate geoengineering measures?" (PDF ~0.8MB)
7. Curry and Webster 1999 (Ch 01) (PDF ~2.2MB)
8. Curry and Webster 1999 (Ch 02) (PDF ~3.3MB)
9. Curry and Webster 1999 (Errata) (PDF ~536KB)
10. Kiehl and Trenberth 1997  (PDF ~220KB)
11. Lindzen and Emanuel 2002  (PDF ~788KB)
12. Emanuel K. 2005 (Ch 10) (PDF ~6.5MB)
13. Pruppacher & Klett (Ch 6) (PDF ~2.6MB)
14. Feynman 1989 (Ch 1-39) (PDF ~2.6MB)
15. Van Ness 1969 (Ch 2) (PDF ~4.2MB)
16. Van Ness (Ch 5-7) (PDF ~13.4MB)
17. "Climate Change" (PDF ~726KB)
18. "Lilly 1968 (QJRMS)" (PDF ~1.2MB)