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這門課是個讀書會，大家每週固定討論氣候動力的研究。歡迎具有氣候學基礎，想要了解當今氣候動力研究議題的同學選修。我們將針對特定議題，大量閱讀文獻(少數經典精讀，多數的近年研究瀏覽，每位同學負責不同的小子題，再到課堂上交流)，甚至許多文獻都只會掃讀跟討論跟指定議題有關的面相，只討論部分結果，目標是讓我們對指定議題的理解跟最新的國際研究接軌，而不是全盤弄懂所有文獻的細節。(這是大家未來面對想要發展的研究議題時，常常採用的快速回顧文獻的方式。）
學期將分成兩個部分，第一部分將討論人為氣候變遷的相關議題，第二部分則根據開課年度的熱門議題或是修課學生的興趣調整。除了閱讀跟討論文獻外，我們也會介紹要讀懂這些當前氣候相關文章的文獻需要具備的動力與物理等重要觀念。

The class contains two parts. During the first few weeks we will discuss the atmospheric response to anthropogenic forcing. Starting from a few robust and significant temperature responses (Arctic amplification, upper tropical troposphere warming, and stratospheric cooling), we will make our way to their impacts of jet streams and associated phenomena like desert expansion or changes in tropical cyclone frequency. After the big picture is built, we will add in regional complexity such as the formation mechanisms and the impacts of ENSO-like forcing in the tropical Pacific, delayed warming in North Atlantic and Southern Ocean, and enhanced land-sea contrast,
For the rest of the course, we will cover a second “hot” topic in the field of climate dynamics based on students’ interests.
We will work through as much of the relevant literature as possible, with particular emphasis on recent papers. The class sessions will include: 1) Discussions of paper sets: we aim to come up with a synthesis of a particular subtopic every two weeks, with a few key papers being discussed in detail and others (a majority of related papers) in passing (in reality, this is how we read papers when doing research) and 2) lectures on dynamic or thermodynamic concepts that are essential for understanding these state-of-the-art papers.