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Physics of Climate Processes

Academic year: 2020/2021
Semester: summer

LECTURE DESCRIPTION

1. Basic concepts: climate system, climate processes, weather and climate anomalies

2. Energy balance of the planet. Radiative forcing. Positive and negative feedbacks in the climate system. Climate sensitivity.

3. Greenhouse effect and greenhouse gases.

4.Radiative and radiative-convective equilibrium, heat transport

5. Observational and measurement systems

6. Simple climate model

7. Radiative forcing. Aerosols

8. Clouds in the climate

9. The cryosphere and sealevel

10 Carbon and nitrogen cycles

11. Paleoclimatology

12. Climate modelling

13. Natural climate variability, attribution, perception of climate change

14. History of climate physics

15. IPCC reports

COURSES MATERIALS
Lectures / Leader Lecture type

Szymon P. Malinowski

June 23, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Lecture documents:
Exam - problem list - Information for students
Pytania-egz-2021.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

June 9, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Reports, IPCC, perspectives for decarbonization

Lecture documents:
Lecture 14 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-14.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

June 2, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Climate science history

Lecture documents:
Lecture 13 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-13.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

May 26, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

carbon Cycle, CO2, methane, other biogeochemical cycles

Lecture documents:
Lecture 12 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-12.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

May 19, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Paleoclimatology

Lecture documents:
Lecture 11 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-11.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

May 12, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Clouds in climate system

Lecture documents:
Lecture 10 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-10.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

May 5, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Radiative forcing, climate sensitivity, aerosols.

Lecture documents:
Lecture 09 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-09.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

April 28, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Climate modeling, CMIP

Lecture documents:
Lecture 08 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-08.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

April 21, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Simple climate models

Lecture documents:
lecture 07 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2020-07.pdf
Simple climate model - Information for students
Simple-climate-model.zip
Simple climate model xls - Information for students
Model.xls
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

April 14, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Cryosphere, sealevel

Lecture documents:
Lecture 06 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-06.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

April 7, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Measurements and observations, systems.

Lecture documents:
Lecture 05 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-05.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

March 24, 2021, 10:15 a.m.

Energy transport, global circulation

Lecture documents:
Lecture 04 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-04.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

March 17, 2021, 10 a.m.

Greenhouse gases, radiative transfer

Lecture documents:
Lecture 03 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-03.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

March 9, 2021, 10 a.m.

Energy balancem greenhouse effect, radiative forrcing, climate sensitivity

Lecture documents:
Lecture 02 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-02.pdf
Lecture

Szymon P. Malinowski

March 2, 2021, 10 a.m.

Weather, climate

Lecture documents:
Lecture 01 - Presentation
FizykaProcesowKlimatycznych-2021-01.pdf
Lecture