課程資訊
課程名稱
理解氣候變遷
Understanding Climate Change 
開課學期
111-2 
授課對象
 
授課教師
任昊佳 
課號
IPCS1003 
課程識別碼
247E10030 
班次
 
學分
2.0 
全/半年
半年 
必/選修
選修 
上課時間
星期五3,4(10:20~12:10) 
上課地點
全變403 
備註
本課程以英語授課。兼通識A67*。。A67*:量化分析與數學素養、物質科學領域。可充抵通識與賀詩琳合授
總人數上限:40人 
 
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課程概述

Is climate changing? Can human activities explain these changes? Is climate change a significant problem? How would our Earth respond to these changes? In order to answer these questions, we need to understand the Earth processes that drive climate variabilities from the distant past to today. In this class, we will cover physical/chemical/biological processes that are fundamental for climate changes. We will review the climate changes over short and long time scale, understand climate drivers and feedbacks. We will also consider the implications of climate change for the global environment and humans. Intended to be accessible to students not concentrating in science or engineering. Students in climate change studies will get an integrative view on climate changes.  

課程目標
Students will learn the fundamentals of climate changes, understand Earth’s climate as an integrative system, be able to differentiate climate forcings and feedbacks. Students will practice how to access big data set, evaluate complicated questions, and articulate scientific views.

 
課程要求
Students will conduct three projects. In the first project, the students will exercise a simple radiative energy budget model and interpret the results with the knowledge they learned in class. They will also learn a software Ocean Data View to generate maps of ocean parameters, such as temperature, salinity, nutrients, etc, from an open database World Ocean Atlas. In the second project, the students will read several science research articles to learn the ongoing discussions on how CO2 contributes to the natural climate variations in the Earth’s history. In the third project, the students will select countries/regions to survey on their environment and climate policies and have presentations/exchanges in class.  
預期每週課後學習時數
 
Office Hours
另約時間 
指定閱讀
Dessler, A. (2015). Introduction to Modern Climate Change (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316156490 
參考書目
Princeton Primers in Climate, Princeton University Press, 2010.  
評量方式
(僅供參考)
 
No.
項目
百分比
說明
1. 
In class participation 
40% 
 
2. 
Projects 
60% 
 
 
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上課形式
作業繳交方式
考試形式
其他
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課程進度
週次
日期
單元主題
第1週
2/24  Introduction 
第2週
3/3  The sun and radiative energy flow 
第3週
3/10  How energy is transported; A simple climate model 
第4週
3/17  Ocean circulation 
第5週
3/24  coupled climate and ocean dynamics; climate variabilities from weeks to years 
第6週
3/31  Project I 
第7週
4/7  Ice sheet dynamics and sea level change 
第8週
4/14  Carbon cycle on Earth 
第9週
4/21  Biological pump in the ocean  
第10週
4/28  Climate and land ecosystem  
第11週
5/5  Climate variabilities for thousands/millions of years  
第12週
5/12  Project II  
第13週
5/19  Is the climate changing 
第14週
5/26  Predictions and impacts of climate change; introduce third project 
第15週
6/2  A long-term policy to address climate change  
第16週
6/9  Project III