The Physics of Climate
Professor Michael Wiescher
Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame
e-mail: wiescher.1@nd.edu
Course Outline:
- Solar radiaton and the earth's energy budget
- Radiative and convective energy transfer
- Atmosphere and climate
- Clouds and aerosols
- Ocean and climate
- Greenhouse effect
- Ozone layer
- History of the earth climate
- Climate observations
- Climate models
- Climate change
- Consequences of climate change