Climate of the Past

Academic year
2019/2020 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
Climate of the Past
Course code
PHD046 (AF:323236 AR:170750)
Modality
On campus classes
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Corso di Dottorato (D.M.45)
Educational sector code
CHIM/01
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
None
This course introduces students to climate studies, including beginnings of the solar system, time scales, and climate in human history. It also talks about:
• methods for detecting climate change, including proxies, ice cores, instrumental records, and time series analysis
• physical and chemical processes in climate, including primordial atmosphere, ozone chemistry, carbon and oxygen cycles, and heat and water budgets
• internal feedback mechanisms, including ice, aerosols, water vapor, clouds, and ocean circulation
• climate forcing, including orbital variations, volcanism, plate tectonics, and solar variability
• climate models and mechanisms of variability, including energy balance, coupled models, and global ocean and atmosphere models
Italian
Definitive programme.