ATSC 5040 - Climate Science and Climate Change

Credits: 3
Max Credit 3

Global climate system components, and their interactions. Radiative, dynamic, thermodynamic, chemical, and feedback processes affecting the climate system. Natural and anthropogenic drivers of climate change. Past and present climate variability and sensitivity, and its simulation. Structure of climate models, their components, parameterizations, and attributes. Current climate modeling results and predictions of future climate.

Prerequisite: ATSC 5016.