Seminar: Climate Variability and Change: Natural and Man-Made (A1b) (74007)

WS 2020/2021
2020-12-16-2021-01-21 (several days), online

Wolfgang Buermann

S, 3 ECTS

Dates: Seminar blocks on Wednesday and Thursday respectively (3 appointments)

Wednesday, 16 Dec 4-8 pm; Thursday, 17 Dec 8-10 am

Wednesday, 13 Jan 4-8 pm; Thursday, 14 Jan 8-10 am

Wednesday, 20 Jan 4-8 pm; Thursday, 21 Jan 8-10 am

Course Content: Basic principles of the climate system; naturally-occurring climate variability, climate change in the past; reconstruction of past climate; natural forcing-factors, circulation dynamics; human impact on the climate system; global warming; Greenhouse effect; land use change; aerosols; ozone depletion; global circulation models; forecasts; scenarios; fundamentals of energy and mass balance; modelling; sensitive parameters of global change

Please check the e-learning and cmlife at the beginning of the semester, as changes due to Covid-19 might occur.