ELTE TTK Fizikai Intézet
                STATISZTIKUS FIZIKAI SZEMINÁRIUM
                
                     Helyszín: É 2.54

                    2013. január 22-24.

               Professor Antonello Provenzale

Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (ISAC), CNR, Torino 

        Mini-course on climate and fluid dynamics
        

The mini-course is composed of four lectures, 
each of 2 hr + 1 hr appendix 


Tuesday, January 22, 16:00
Lecture 1: Introduction and Energy Balance Models
Climate as a complex dynamical system. Type of models: from 
Energy Balance Models (EBM), to Models of Intermediate Complexity 
(MIC) to Global Climate Models (GCM). Energy Balance Models: 
zero-dimensional, one-dimensional. Ice-albedo feedback.Stochastic 
resonance. Parameterization of meridional transport.
Appendix: The issue of planetary habitability

Wednesday, January 23, 10:00
Lecture 2: Climate in the air column
Soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions. Summer droughts at 
continental midlatitudes. The dynamics of Planet Dune. 
Radiative-convective models.
Appendix: Small and large scales in vegetation-climate interaction

Wednesday, January 23, 16:00
Lecture 3: Global climate models
Wind-driven circulation and thermohaline circulation in the ocean. 
Structure of the general circulation of the atmosphere. The Lorenz 
1984 model for midlatitude dynamics. Global climate models and 
climate scenarios: PLASIM and EC-Earth.
Appendix: Discussions on global climate models 

Thursday, January 24, 10:00
Lecture 4: Regional climate dynamics
Hotspots of climate variability: Arctic, HKKH, Mediterranean. The 
climate of the Himalaya-Karakoram area: Monsoons and Western 
Weather Patterns. Regional models and downscaling.
Appendix: Discussions on climate downscaling and impact studies


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