PHYS 151 - Introduction to Climate Modeling

Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 Hours
Attribute: 3 NS

New Course Added 10.23.2007.

This course will consider Earth’s climate as an example of a complex system that can be explored best through computational modeling. Main components affecting the climate --- atmospheric composition, ice cover, global ocean and atmospheric currents, solar insolation, and carbon reservoirs and cycling --- will be considered and dealt with using simple heuristic models. The emphasis will be on developing student modeling skills and intuition rather than a fully-detailed climate model.  Enrollment Limit: 16.
Instructor: D. Stinebring, B. Felzer
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Math 133 and one of the following: Physics 103, Physics 110, Chem 101, or Chem 103.