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Climate of the Earth

Lecture overview

Climate dynamics

Introduction
Fundamental processes of the climate system
Large-scale atmosphere and ocean circulations
Buoyancy-driven circulation
Climate models
Forced and unforced climate variability

Climate statistics

Probability basics
Probability density and distribution
Covariance Matrix
Estimation of statistical parameters
Time series analysis - basic definitions and examples
Stochastic climate models
Auto-covariance function
Spectrum
Cross-covariance function

Exercise

Lecture 1, Introduction to python
Lecture 2, A “zero-dimensional” energy balance model of Earth’s climate
Lecture 3, Nonlinear dynamics, stability and bifurcations
Lecture 4, Snowball Earth, the ice-albedo feedback, and multiple equilibria
Lecture 5, Evolution in time and space

Homework

Exercise 1, policy goals under uncertainty
Exercise 2, melting the snowball earth
Exercise 3, analyzing the Baltic Sea

Additional material

Red noise

Project work

Projects for Climate of The Earth WS 24/25

Index

By H. E. Markus Meier, Florian Börgel, Sven Karsten, Georg Sebastian Völker

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