The Climate System
NGEA21
This course teach you the basics about the global climate system. You will learn about climate variations and climatological processes and how those affects the global and local climate.
Course contents
In the course you will learn about the global and regional climatology:
- what causes the largescale differences in the energy budget
- the different components of the global climate system
- the physical characteristics and the chemical composition of the atmosphere
- the global and regional energy flows in the atmosphere
You will also learn about the general atmospheric circulation and the coupling between oceans and atmosphere with its role in the energy exchange. After this course you will have an improved understanding of:
- the components affecting the energy balance of the atmosphere on different spatial- and time scales
- the relationship between the composition of weather-systems and their variations
You will be able to explain natural and antropogenetic causes to variation in weather. You will have learned basic climatological analysis methods and how to adapt and evaluate climate analysis to environmetal and social applications.
Teaching
Teaching consists of lectures, practicals, field exercises, seminars, group exercises and project work.
Course coordinator
Course facts: NGEA21
Level: Basic
Credits: 15 ECTS
Period: Spring, period 1
Language of instruction: English
Prerequisites: General admission requirements, and either: NGEA01 or the equivalent and NGEA07 or the equivalent, or, 30 ECTS within the BSc programs for Meteorology and Biogeophysics.