課程名稱 |
氣候學 Climatology |
開課學期 |
106-1 |
授課對象 |
學程 地球系統科學學程 |
授課教師 |
黃彥婷 |
課號 |
AtmSci4004 |
課程識別碼 |
209 23100 |
班次 |
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學分 |
3.0 |
全/半年 |
半年 |
必/選修 |
選修 |
上課時間 |
星期一3,4(10:20~12:10)星期四3,4(10:20~12:10) |
上課地點 |
大氣A104大氣A104 |
備註 |
週四雙週上課。 限本系所學生(含輔系、雙修生) 總人數上限:40人 |
Ceiba 課程網頁 |
http://ceiba.ntu.edu.tw/1061AtmSci_climate17 |
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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. |
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. |
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. |
預期每週課後學習時數 |
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Office Hours |
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指定閱讀 |
Dennis Hartmann: Global Physical Climatology |
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 |
評量方式 (僅供參考) |
No. |
項目 |
百分比 |
說明 |
1. |
Homework (individual) |
15% |
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2. |
Final Report (group, with peer assessment within each group) |
25% |
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3. |
Midterm 1 (individual) |
25% |
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4. |
Midterm 2 (individual) |
25% |
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週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
9/11,9/14 |
(9/11) Overview / Introduction to the Climate System (Ch.1)
(9/14) The Global Energy Balance (Ch.2) |
第2週 |
9/18,9/21 |
(9/18) The Global Energy Balance (Ch.2)
Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Climate (Ch.3)
(9/21) Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Climate (Ch.3) |
第3週 |
9/25,9/28 |
(9/25) Atmospheric Radiative Transfer and Climate (Ch.3)
(9/28) The Energy Balance of the Surface (Ch.4) |
第4週 |
10/02,10/05 |
(10/2) The Hydrologic Cycle (Ch.5)
Homework1 due
(10/5) Special Lecture (Prof. Jin-Yi Yu, UCI) |
第5週 |
10/09,10/12 |
(10/9) Holiday
(10/12) Review & homework 1 discussions
(Radiative convective equilibrium) |
第6週 |
10/16,10/19 |
(10/16) Midterm 1
(10/19) Atmospheric General Circulation and Climate (Ch.6) |
第7週 |
10/23,10/26 |
(10/23) Atmospheric General Circulation and Climate (Ch.6)
(10/26) Atmospheric General Circulation and Climate (Ch.6) |
第8週 |
10/30,11/02 |
(10/30) Atmospheric General Circulation and Climate (Ch.6)
(11/2) The Ocean General Circulation and Climate (Ch.7) |
第9週 |
11/06,11/09 |
(11/6) Progress report 1: paper review
(11/9) Special Lecture: Prof. Bin Wang at CWB (中央氣象局)
Homework2 due |
第10週 |
11/13,11/16 |
(11/13) The Ocean General Circulation and Climate (Ch.7)
(11/16) Review & homework 2 discussions
(Key factors determining the general circulation) |
第11週 |
11/20,11/23 |
(11/20) Midterm 2
(11/23) (Special topic) Paleo Climate, 李時雨 |
第12週 |
11/27,11/30 |
(11/27) (Special topic) Thermodynamics: a Critical Reading and Tropical Dynamics, 林和
(11/30) (Special topic) short-term climate variability (MJO, ENSO),隋中興 |
第13週 |
12/04,12/07 |
(12/4) Progress report 2: analysis
(12/7) Special topics, 羅敏輝 |
第16週 |
12/25,12/28 |
(12/25) Final Report
(12/28) Final Report |
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