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METEO 469: From Meteorology to Mitigation: Understanding Global Warming

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Energy and Radiation Balance

We actually covered this topic back in the introductory lecture (lecture #1), so I'm going to ask you to simply review the Overview of the Climate System (part 2) before continuing on to our initial discussion of climate models...

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Lessons

  • Welcome to METEO 469
    • Lesson 1- Introduction to Climate and Climate Change
    • Lesson 2 - Climate Observations, part 1
    • Lesson 3 - Climate Observations, part 2
    • Lesson 4 - Modeling of the Climate System, part 1
      • Introduction
      • Energy and Radiation Balance
      • Simple Climate Models
      • Simple Climate Models, cont'd
      • Problem Set #3
      • Lesson 4 Summary
    • Lesson 5 - Modeling of the Climate System, part 2
    • Lesson 6 - Carbon Emission Scenarios
    • Lesson 7 - Projected Climate Changes, part 1
    • Lesson 8 - Projected Climate Changes, part 2
    • Lesson 9 - Climate Change Impacts
    • Lesson 10 - Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change
    • Lesson 11 - Geoengineering
    • Lesson 12 - Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Course materials prepared by Michael Mann and Brian Gaudet, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University.

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