About GEOG 2230 A
Quantitative analysis of the atmospheric-land-water processes that determine climate variability and change at the local to global scales. Historical and near real-time data manipulation via statistics, weather map interpretation, climate indices, modeling and remote sensing. Prerequisite: GEOG 1200.
Notes
Prereqs enforced by the system: GEOG 1200 or Instructor Permission PACE students by permission and override
Section Description
Polar Vortex, “Godzilla El Niño,” wildfires in Australia, mega droughts in California, Hurricane Harvey, Tropical Storm Irene, Lake Champlain flooding. Why do these events occur? How do they fit into their geographic climatic locales vis-a-vis our changing climate? This course is designed to expose you to the Methods and concepts for exploring climate, climate change and variability, with a special focus on the Fifth and Fourth National Climate Assessments. (Prof. Dupigny-Giroux is the Vermont State Climatologist and was the lead author of the Northeast chapter of that report). This class will equip you with the statistical techniques, tools and fundamental concepts to answer and explore these questions in much the same ways that climatologists do. Historical and near real-time data will be manipulated via statistics, weather map interpretation, indices, modeling and remote sensing. The various sub-fields of climatology will be explored as we delve into what drives climates, instrumentation challenges, teleconnections such as the North Atlantic Oscillation and El Niño-Southern Oscillation, hydroclimatological extremes and anthropogenic (human-induced) climate change. This course meets the non-laboratory science requirement in the College of Arts & Sciences. Co or Pre-requisite: GEOG 1200: Weather, Climate and Landscapes
Section Expectation
Class time will be divided into lecture-laboratory combinations with in-class tutorials and exercises. These will be complemented by short videos and field trips where appropriate. Internet-based climate and climate change sources will be incorporated accordingly. Class time will be used for conceptual refinement and skill acquisition and you are therefore required to prepare all the assigned materials before class. This is an intermediate level climatology class and as such I expect you to have the necessary background from having taken the introductory (GEOG 1200) course
Evaluation
Your overall grade will be assigned on the basis of the following tasks, your participation during the semester and your articulated learning. Interpretive exercises & theoretical questions 20 % Examinations (2) 40 % Reflections 15 % Paper & oral presentation 25 %
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