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SIO 217A: Atmospheric Thermodynamics

Fall 2013 - SIO217A Course Syllabus

Instructor: Lynn Russell

Office: Nierenberg 343

Telephone: (858)534-4852

Email: lmrussell@ucsd.edu

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

HOMEWORK: Please submit assignments (email@ucsd.edu) as a single pdf, meaning one file. Handwritten, scanned (pdf) submissions are okay. It is, however, YOUR responsiblity to submit a legible document. Assignments are due BEFORE 12:00pm (Noon) on the scheduled due date.

Required Text:

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

Course Documents:

Lecture Notes:

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter 01
  3. Ch1 Video Lec.
  4. Chapter 02
  5. Chapter 03
  6. Chapter 04
  7. Midterm Review
  8. Chapter 05
  9. Midterm Key
  10. Chapter 06
  11. Chapter 07
  12. Chapter 08
  13. Chapter 12
  14. Ch12 Video Lec.
  15. Chapter 13
  16. Ch13 Video Lec.
  17. Final Review

Course Projects:

Presentations

  1. Group 1
  2. Group 2
  3. Group 3
  4. Group 4
  5. Group 5
  6. Group 6

Reports

  1. Group 1
  2. Group 2
  3. Group 3
  4. Group 4
  5. Group 5
  6. Group 6

Reading List:

  1. Stevens et al. 2003
  2. Roberts and Nenes 2005
  3. Russell et al. 1998
  4. Bahadur et al. 2008
  5. "The Myth of the 1970s Global Cooling Consensus"
  6. Curry and Webster 1999 (Ch 01)
  7. Curry and Webster 1999 (Ch 02)
  8. Curry and Webster 1999 (Errata)
  9. Kiehl and Trenberth 1997 
  10. Lindzen and Emanuel 2002 
  11. Emanuel K. 2005 (Ch 10)
  12. Pruppacher & Klett (Ch 6)
  13. Pruppacher & Klett (Ch 12)
  14. Feynman 1989 (Ch 1-39)
  15. Van Ness 1969 (Ch 2)
  16. Van Ness (Ch 5-7)
  17. "Climate Change"
  18. "Lilly 1968 (QJRMS)"
  19. Energy Imbalance
  20. Water Vapor Feedback