SUBJECT
Title
Climatology 2
Type of instruction
lecture + practical
Level
master
Faculty
Part of degree program
Credits
2+1
Recommended in
Semester 1
Typically offered in
Autumn semester
Course description
The problem and basic concepts of changing climate, natural and antropogenic sources of climate changes, perspectives of the global warming, radiative forcing of greenhouse gases, concepts and types of global climate models, tools, results and limitations of the models used for global climate change, regional characteristics of the global climate change. Introduction to paleoclimatology. Climate changes from the beginning of instrumental meteorological observations.
Readings
- Ernst W. G., 1994: Earth Systems: Process and Issues. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 566 p.
- IPCC homepage: www.ipcc.ch