Climate Model
Background Reading
Lecture Note
- Lecture 1:
- Story of Edward Lorenz
- How he found butterfly effect
- Introducing the weather model which Lorenz used
- Lecture 2:
- Climate model
- Introducing NetLogo-like climate model
- Basic of earth science (showing the relationship among temperature, pressure, wind, and humidity)
- Lecture 3:
- Numerical weather prediction
- Introducing how weather channel forecasts tomorrow's climate
- Different between numerical weather prediction and deterministic climate model
- Lecture 4:
- Global warming
- Can computer scientist predict climate 100 years later?
- Super computer for climate model (earth simulator, etc)
Classroom Response Question
Lab Activity
Scheduling