PHY392, 2014
Physics of Climate
Instructor
Prof. Dylan Jones
Office: McLennan Laboratory 707B
Phone: (416)
978-4992
Fax: (416)
978-8904
E-mail: dbj at atmosp dot physics.utoronto.ca
Office hour:
Tuesdays 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Teaching
Assistant
Oliver Watt-Meyer
Office:
McLennan Laboratory 619A
Phone: (416)
978-2706
E-mail:
oliverwm at atmosp dot
physics dot utoronto.ca
Class Room and Hours
Lecture: Mondays and Wednesdays 1:00-2:00 pm, MP408
Lecture Notes
Homeworks
There will be 4 Homework assignments.
Homeworks will be due, in lecture, two weeks after they are assigned.
There will be a penalty on homeworks of 5% per day, up to 7 days,
after which homeworks will
not be accepted. Homework assignments
will include a Python-based computational component.
Textbook
- Principles of
Planetary Climate, Raymond Pierrehumbert, Cambridge University
Press.
Reference Books
- Atmosphere,
Ocean, and Climate Dynamics, John Marshall and R. Alan Plumb,
Academic Press.
- Atmospheric Science, An Introductory Survey,
John M. Wallace and Peter V. Hobbs, Academic Press.
- Introduction
to Atmospheric Physics, David G. Andrews,
Cambridge University Press.
Grading
- Homeworks (40%)
- Mid-Term Exam
(20%) (Wednesday February 26th, 1:00 - 2:00 pm)
- Final Exam (40%)
Outline
Topics
covered
(not necessarily in order presented)
- Radiative transfer and models of radiation balance
- Global energy balance
- Climate sensitivity
- Thermodynamics and vertical structure of the
atmosphere
- Variation of temperature with season and latitude
Links
to Additional Resources