PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

PORTALE DELLA DIDATTICA

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An Introduction to Climate Change

02UMPRS

A.A. 2023/24

Course Language

Inglese

Degree programme(s)

Doctorate Research in Urban And Regional Development - Torino

Course structure
Teaching Hours
Lezioni 15
Lecturers
Teacher Status SSD h.Les h.Ex h.Lab h.Tut Years teaching
Cassardo Claudio Personale di altra universita   15 0 0 0 4
Co-lectures
Espandi

Context
SSD CFU Activities Area context
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This PhD course is part of the thematic path "Techniques and Technologies for a Spatial-based Sustainable Development" of the PhD programme in Urban and Regional Development (URD). To teach the basic knowledge about the processes regulating the Earth's climate, reconstruction of past climates and detail some notions of numerical modeling in order to interpret the output of numerical climate models.
Basic notions of maths and physics.
The main features of the Earth's climate system. Radiation, energy balance and radiative transfer. The climate feedbacks. The climatic history of the Earth. The main climate models. Climate modeling at global and regional scales. Scenarios and climate projections for the XXI century.
On site
Oral presentation
P.D.1-1 - December
The selected modality for the lessons is: in classroom. In very special cases, to be agreed with the teacher, attendance is allowed by viewing the video-recorded lectures.