AOS/NIES 171 Lecture Notes

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I am in the process of upgrading the lecture notes into on-line book chapters, with figure captions and references cited at the end of each chapter. The first 10 lectures (weeks 1-5) are now described in Chapters 1-3 of

Global Change: A First Course

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Earth System and Global Change
Figure 1.1 Figure 1.2 Figure 1.3 Figure 1.4 Figure 1.5 Figure 1.6 Figure 1.7 Figure 1.8 Figure 1.9 Figure 1.10 Figure 1.11
Figure 1.12 Figure 1.13 Figure 1.14 Figure 1.15

Lectures 3 and 4 (Week 2)
Figures 3.1 and 4.1

Chapter 2: Properties and Structure of the Climate System
Figure 2.1 Figure 2.2 Figure 2.3 Figure 2.4 Figure 2.5 Figure 2.6 Figure 2.7

Chapter 3: The General Circulation of the Atmosphere and Ocean
Figure 3.1 Figure 3.2 Figure 3.3 Figure 3.4 Figure 3.5a Figure 3.5b Figure 3.5c
Figure 3.6a,b Figure 3.6c Figure 3.7 Figure 3.8 Figure 3.9a Figure 3.9b Figure 3.10
Figure 3.11 Figure 3.12 Figure 3.13 Figure 3.14 Figure 3.15
Figure 3.16 Figure 3.17 Figure 3.18 Figure 3.19 Figure 3.20
Figure 3.21 Figure 3.22 Figure 3.23 Figure 3.24a Figure 3.24b Figure 3.25a Figure 3.25b
Figure 3.26a Figure 3.26b Figure 3.27 Figure 3.28 Figure 3.29 Figure 3.30
Figure 3.31 Figure 3.32 Figure 3.33
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Chapter 4: Paleoclimate and Climate Dynamics
Chapter 4 Figures

Lectures 5 and 6 (Week 3)
Figure 5.1
Figures 5.2-6.2

Lectures 7 and 8 (Week 4) Figures 7.1-7.12 included

Lectures 9-12 (Weeks 5 and 6)
Figure 9.1
Figures 10.1-10.8
New Yorker article on Paleoclimate

Lectures 13-17 (Weeks 7 and 8)
Ozone Figures 1-4
Overview of Ozone page 1
Overview of Ozone page 2
Common Questions about Ozone

Lectures 18-21 (Weeks 9 and 10)
Figures/Tables for L18-21
Seeds in Need: The Vavilov Institute
Biomes: Examples discussed in class

Lectures 22-24 (Weeks 11-14)
Article on Climate Engineering
The global village
Ethics and Rights
Environmental Timeline
Cold Virus Transmission
Genetic Modification of Crops

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