MET 3103 Planetary Climate Change (ID U01 33917)
and
MET 5105 Climate Processes and Impacts (ID U01 33916)
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Spring 2018
On-line Undergraduate Syllabus
Time and location: , 2:00-2:50PM MWF, AHC5-327.
Instructor: Dr. Hugh Willoughby
Office: AHC5 363
Phone: 305-348-0243
Email: hugh.willoughby@fiu.edu.
Office Hours: 10:00-11:00 AM MW and 2:00-3:00 PM TU, or by appointment. I'm generally in my office during working hours excpt when I have class or a meeting.
External Links:
FIU Online Cloud AtlasGOES Satellite Imagery at NASA/MSFC
HPC Surface Analysis
Miami Weather Forecast Office
Miami WSR-88D Radar
National Hurricane Center
Posted Lecture Notes:
LECTURE 1: IntroductionBacon's Idols
Essay 1: Threat or Nonsense?
LECTURE 2: Climate History
LECTURE 3: Causes of Climate
Homework 1: Radiation Laws
Some Thoughts on Global Warming
LECTURE 4: Climate Models
Essay 2: How Credible are Climate Models?
Grad Paper: Scenarios for a Warmer Globe
LECTURE 5: Photosynthesis
MIDTERM REVIEW PowerPoint
MIDTERM REVIEW TEXT
LECTURE 6: Climate and the Biosphere
Essay 3: AGW and the Biosphere
MIDTERM: Monday 26 FEB 2018.
LECTURE 7: Mitigation: Transpotation
LECTURE 8: Mitigation: Electricity
Essay 4: Minister of Global Environment
LECTURE 9: Mitigation: Other
LECTURE 10: Economics
LECTURE 11: The Law
Essay 5: Nonsense or Threat?
LECTURE 12: Human Response
FINAL EXAM REVIEW PowerPoint
FINAL EXAM REVIEW TEXT
HEW at AMS Hurricane Meeting, 16-19APR18. No Class.
We will meet on 20APR18 for a final review.