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課程名稱 |
氣候學
Climatology |
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開課學期 |
108-2 |
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授課對象 |
理學院 大氣科學系 |
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授課教師 |
黃彥婷 |
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課號 |
AtmSci4004 |
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課程識別碼 |
209 23100 |
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班次 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
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全/半年 |
半年 |
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必/選修 |
選修 |
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上課時間 |
星期二3,4(10:20~12:10)星期五3,4(10:20~12:10) |
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上課地點 |
共203共203 |
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備註 |
天氣氣候學群必修週五單週上課。
限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生)
總人數上限：50人 |
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Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1082Climate2020 |
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課程概述 |
This course explores how and why Earth’s climate comes about. We will not only introduce what a
typical weather condition is over each region on Earth, but also how and why climate, statistic of
weather, varies geographically and even temporally throughout the earth’s history. To understand how
climate system works, this course discuss concepts of radiative transfer, fluid dynamics, and
thermodynamics, with an emphasis of providing an overview of a few physical balances that are
important for shaping and maintaining the surface climate: energy balance and its role in controlling
temperatures; the hydrologic cycle and its role in controlling humidity and aridity; angular
momentum balance and its role in controlling winds. |
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課程目標 |
There are two main goals for this course:
(1) Essential puzzles: have a solid theoretical understanding of the mechanisms shaping the climate
system
(2) Big picture: understand the key factors influencing various mechanisms, apply the theories to the
real world and understand their limitations
To reach these goals, we design a series of activities for you to experience how scientists use models,
observations, and theory to understand past and current climate and make predictions for future
climate. |
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課程要求 |
The course is designed to serve as a capstone project for Seniors majoring Atmospheric Sciences.
Students are expected to bring all of the related knowledge and skills into the course.
Students from other departments with strong motivations are more than welcome to talk to the
instructor before taking the course. |
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預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
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指定閱讀 |
待補 |
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參考書目 |
David Randall: Atmosphere, Clouds, and Climate
Geoffrey K. Vallis: Climate and the Ocean
John Marshall and Alan Plumb: Atmosphere, Ocean, and Climate Dynamics
An website updating our understanding of climate:
http://www.realclimate.org/
More about our planet: http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/index.html |
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評量方式
(僅供參考) |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
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第1-1週 |
03/03 (Tue) |
Introduction: What is climate science?
(Survey Ch. 1, Take a look at the world maps on Ceiba)
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第1-2週 |
03/06 (Fri) |
Big picture 1: energy flux and global mean vertical temperature profile: the global energy balance.
Read Ch.2 (key oncepts: Eq. 2.9, 2.13, 2.23, Figure 2.4)
Survey 3.1~3.5 Read Ch. 3.6
HW 1 global energy balance due (preview) |
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第2-1週 |
03/10 (Tue) |
radiative convective equilibrium: radiation-basic, RCE-basic
Read Ch. 3.7
Review Ch. 1.2~1.6
Read Ch. 3.8, 3.10
HW 2 radiation due (preview) |
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第2-2週 |
03/13 (Fri) |
[行事曆更動，本週五不上課!] |
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第3-1週 |
03/17 (Tue) |
radiative convective equilibrium: complicated factor 1: clouds (and cloud feedbacks and climate sensitivity)
Read 3.9, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
Survey Chapter 10
Read 10.7
HW 3 RCE & clouds due (review) |
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第3-2週 |
03/20 (Fri) |
radiative convective equilibrium: complicated factor 2: Circulation (the tightly linked wet
and dry regions)
Survey Jakob et al. 2019 |
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第4-1週 |
03/24 (Tue) |
project overview, TA session |
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第4-2週 |
03/27 (Fri) |
(Prof. Wu)
radiative convective equilibrium: complicated factor 3: environment -> convection
Review Thermodynamics course: MSE, DSE, stability
HW 4 convection due (preview) |
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第5-1週 |
03/31 (Tue) |
radiative convective equilibrium: complicated factor 4: Surface flux
Read Ch.4.1~4.4, 4.6, 4.9 |
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第6-1週 |
04/07 (Tue) |
Progress report 1 |
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第6-2週 |
04/10 (Fri) |
(Prof. Wu)
radiative convective equilibrium: complicated factor 5: convection --> environment
HW 5 surface flux due (review) |
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第7-1週 |
04/14 (Tue) |
Midterm 1 |
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第7-2週 |
04/17 (Fri) |
(Prof. Wu)
radiative convective equilibrium: RCE application: Aggregated convection (REC & global warming)
Survey Hartmann et al. 2019 (https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s40641-019-00136-9) |
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第8-1週 |
04/21 (Tue) |
big picture 2: meridion al energy and momentum
transport -- What are the factors maintaining general circulation? tracing back to insolation and rotation
Survey Chapter 6
HW 6. Preview general circulation due
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第9-1週 |
04/28 (Tue) |
Energy transport and meridional temperature distribution: Atmospheric energy transport and meridional temperature distribution
Circulation —> energy transport (energy transport of Hadley Cell and midlatitude eddies)
Read 6.2,6.3 |
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第9-2週 |
05/01 (Fri) |
Energy transport and meridional temperature distribution: Atmospheric energy transport and meridional temperature distribution
Energetic constraints —> circulation (energy
balance model) |
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第10-1週 |
05/05 (Tue) |
wave mean flow interaction: momentum transport and zonal wind -- momentum transport and circulation, subtropical jet and eddy driven jet
Read 6.4 |
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第11-1週 |
05/12 (Tue) |
wave mean flow interaction: momentum transport and zonal wind -- Wave - mean flow interaction
Review Dynamic course: Rossby waves Survey Vallis 15.1
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第11-2週 |
05/19 (Tue) |
Progress Report 2 |
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第13-1週 |
05/26 (Tue) |
The role of ocean in shaping surface temperature -- ocean’s heat capacity and circulartion |
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第13-2週 |
05/29 (Fri) |
Q&A review |
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第14-1週 |
06/02 (Tue) |
Midterm 2 |
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第15-1週 |
06/09 (Tue) |
Final report preparation |
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第15-2週 |
06/12 (Fri) |
Final oral report |
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第16-1週 |
06/16 (Tue) |
Final oral report |
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第18-1週 |
06/30 (Tue) |
Final written report due (no class) |
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