CIVE 719 Climate Dynamics
Climate dynamics is an extremely young discipline in atmospheric sciences. Its basic assumption is that climate is not a quasi-static system – as mostly believed till the second half of the twentieth century – but a complex dynamical system evolving under both anthropogenic and internal forcing. The course will provide students with a quantitative understanding of atmospheric dynamics and thermodynamics, and will cover main topics in internal and anthropogenic climate variability, relying on both a dynamical (deterministic) and statistical/stochastic approach. Special emphasis will be given to the diverse uncertainty sources of future climate scenarios and to the assessment of climate variability impacts (both in terms of "average global" variability and "extreme events frequency" variability) on water resources, renewable energy harvesting and sustainable development.
Offered
Spring