Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change (WMA)

Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change (WMA)
Explores the physical processes that control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Quantitative methods for constructing mass and energy budgets. Topics include clouds, rain, severe storms, regional climate, the ozone layer, air pollution, ocean currents and productivity, the seasons, El Niño, the history of Earth's climate, global warming, energy, and water resources.

3 Univ credit DSST


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College credit & Studying Resources

The Empathic Civilization

Nobelity (2006)

Do the Math: Step It Up and 350.org Bill McKibben Activist

Lec 01. Introduction to Atmospheres

Lec 02. Retaining an Atmosphere

Lec 03. The Perfect Gas Law

Lec 04. Vertical Structure of the atmosphere; Resi...

Lec 05. Earth Systems Analysis (Tank Experiment

Lec 06. Greenhouse Effect, Habitability

Lec 07. Hydrostatic Balance

Lec 08. Horizontal Transport

Lec 09. Water in the Atmosphere I

Lec 10. Water in the Atmosphere II

Exam 1

Lec 11. Clouds and Precipitation (cloud chamber ex...

Lec 12. Circulation of the Atmosphere (Exam I revi...

Lec 13. Global Climate and the Coriolis Force

Lec 14. Coriolis Force and Storms

Lec 15. Convective storms

Lec 16. Frontal Cyclones

Lec 17. Seasons and Climate

Lab - Quinnipiac River Field Trip

Lec 18. Seasons and Climate Classification

Exam 2

Lec 19. Ocean Bathymetry and Water Properties

Lec 20. Ocean Water Density and Atmospheric Forcin...

Lec 21. Ocean Currents

Lec 22. Ocean Currents and Productivity

Lec 23. El Niño

Lec 24. Ice in the Climate System

Lec 25. Ice and climate change

Lec 26. Isotope Evidence for Climate Change

Lec 27. Global Warming

Lec 28. Global Warming (continued)

Exam 3

Lec 29. Global Warming (continued)

Lec 30. Climate Sensitivity and Human Population

Lec 31. The Two Ozone Problems

Lec 32. The Ozone Layer

Lec 33. Energy Resources, Renewable Energy

Lec 34. Renewable Energy

Lec 35. Review and Overview

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