Spring 2027

Global Climate Processes

Global Climate Processes covers atmospheric physical processes, ocean-land coupling, and seasonal climatology. Students apply dynamics to analyze diabatic processes and use the EZGCM model for climate experiments.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.50 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Discuss the major components of the climate system and how they are relevant to climate change.

  • Describe the uncertainties associated with anthropogenic climate change.

  • Design and implement simple climate change experiments using the EZGCM climate model.

  • Interpret results of model experiments.

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Prerequisites

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ATM OCN 311 and 340

ATMOCN 425

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.50 GPA, 66.7% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Spring 2025: 3.77 GPA, 90.9% A/AB (n=11 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.86 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=7 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Atmospheric physical processes and coupling to ocean and land.
  • Global warming, ENSO, ozone hole, and tropospheric chemistry.
  • Major components of the climate system and their relevance to climate change.

Skills

  • Quantitatively understand diabatic, transport, and dissipative atmospheric processes.
  • Design and implement climate change experiments using the EZGCM model.
  • Describe uncertainties associated with anthropogenic climate change.

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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