PERIODO: APRILE - MAGGIO

This course will introduce the physical principles of the Earth's climate, and the dynamics of our atmosphere and oceans. Interested second level students will be accepted.

The key problem of climate science is the characterization of the response of the solutions of a
complex non-linear system of differential equations to changes of control parameters, and
external or parameter noise. We will discuss main ingredients of climate model – by starting
from a minimal model and adding complexity. The participants will hence learn how to build a
model for a complex process, about smooth change of solutions (linear response), the impact of
feedback on stability, and the emergence of runaway changes in multistable systems.

Le lezioni si terranno presso l'aula Buzano del Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche (DISMA)

April 20 10am -- 1pm Introduction
April 25 10am -- 1pm Global Energy Balance
April 27 10am -- 1pm Atmosphere: Green-House Effect
May 2 10am -- 1pm Atmosphere: Large-Scale Convection
May 4 10am -- 1pm Atmosphere-Ocean Coupling: Thermohaline Steps
May 9 10am -- 1pm Ocean: Large-Scale Convection, Continental Barriers, Ice Ages
May 11 10am -- 1pm Milankovitch cycles, Sowball Earth
May 16 10am -- 1pm The Geological Cycle
May 18 10am -- 1pm Clouds
May 23 10am -- 1pm The Human Impact
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