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PHYS 151 - Introduction to Climate Modeling


Next Offered: 2014-2015
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Full Course
Credits: 4 Credits
Attribute: 4NS

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
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: Physics 103 or Physics 110 or Chem 101 or Chem 103 or permission of the instructor.


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