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Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change DSST (GG 140) Yale

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Explores the physical processes that control Earth's atmosphere, ocean, and climate. Quantitative methods for constructing mass and energy budgets. Topics include clouds, rain, severe storms, regional climate, the ozone layer, air pollution, ocean currents and productivity, the seasons, El Niño, the history of Earth's climate, global warming, energy, and water resources.

Resources: OpenCourseware from Yale, UCLA, UC Berkeley, Stanford, Husson along with many of the World's finest University's.

Language: English

Professors: Michael Williams, Michael Williams

Units: 42, Tests: 5

Lesson content
  • College credit & Studying Resources  
  • The Empathic Civilization  
  • Nobelity (2006)  
  • Do the Math: Step It Up and 350.org Bill McKibben Activist  
  • Lec 01. Introduction to Atmospheres  
  • Lec 02. Retaining an Atmosphere  
  • Lec 03. The Perfect Gas Law  
  • Lec 04. Vertical Structure of the atmosphere; Resi...  
  • Lec 05. Earth Systems Analysis (Tank Experiment  
  • Lec 06. Greenhouse Effect, Habitability  
  • Lec 07. Hydrostatic Balance  
  • Lec 08. Horizontal Transport  
  • Lec 09. Water in the Atmosphere I  
  • Lec 10. Water in the Atmosphere II  
  • Exam 1  
  • Lec 11. Clouds and Precipitation (cloud chamber ex...  
  • Lec 12. Circulation of the Atmosphere (Exam I revi...  
  • Lec 13. Global Climate and the Coriolis Force  
  • Lec 14. Coriolis Force and Storms  
  • Lec 15. Convective storms  
  • Lec 16. Frontal Cyclones  
  • Lec 17. Seasons and Climate  
  • Lab - Quinnipiac River Field Trip  
  • Lec 18. Seasons and Climate Classification  
  • Exam 2  
  • Lec 19. Ocean Bathymetry and Water Properties  
  • Lec 20. Ocean Water Density and Atmospheric Forcin...  
  • Lec 21. Ocean Currents  
  • Lec 22. Ocean Currents and Productivity  
  • Lec 23. El Niño  
  • Lec 24. Ice in the Climate System  
  • Lec 25. Ice and climate change  
  • Lec 26. Isotope Evidence for Climate Change  
  • Lec 27. Global Warming  
  • Lec 28. Global Warming (continued)  
  • Exam 3  
  • Lec 29. Global Warming (continued)  
  • Lec 30. Climate Sensitivity and Human Population  
  • Lec 31. The Two Ozone Problems  
  • Lec 32. The Ozone Layer  
  • Lec 33. Energy Resources, Renewable Energy  
  • Lec 34. Renewable Energy  
  • Lec 35. Review and Overview  
  • DSST Exam Details  
  • DSST Sample Exam  
  • Final Exam  
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