Handouts

Check here throughout the term for extra assigned reading, links to figures shown in lecture, and other handouts.

Jupyter notebooks

To download the notebooks, right-click on the *.ipynb file link and make sure to Save As *.ipynb with no extra file extensions.

To simply view the content, click on the nbviewer link. These are plain web pages without interactive Python, rendered by https://nbviewer.jupyter.org

• Lecture 1: What is a climate model, and Fun with Python *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 2: Global energy balance, equilibrium temperature, and numerical timestepping *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 3: The climate system and climate models *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 4: Introducing the Community Earth System Model (CESM) *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 4 with worked out solutions *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 5: Building simple climate models using climlab *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 6: Brief review of radiation *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 7: Elementary greenhouse models *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 8: Radiative Equilibrium *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 9: Radiative-Convective Equilibrium *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 10: Climate sensitivity and feedback *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 11: Clouds and Climate *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 12: Transient global warming *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 13: Insolation *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 14: Orbital variations and the Ice Ages *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 15: Heat Transport *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 16: The One-Dimensional Energy Balance Model *.ipynb file nbviewer
• Lecture 17: Ice-albedo feedback and Snowball Earth in the EBM *.ipynb file nbviewer

Handouts

• Why are so many models and scenarios used to project future climate change? (FAQ 12.1 from the IPCC AR5 WG1 report)
• What would happen to future climate if we stopped emissions today? (FAQ 12.3 from the IPCC AR5 WG1 report)

Powerpoint slides

• Powerpoint slides on IPCC climate projections

Readings

These links are password-protected. Instructions will be given in class or by email.

• The Climate Modelling Primer (4th edition), Chapter 1 (89.5 MB pdf file)