| LEC # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| Part 1. Paleoclimate (8 lectures) | |
| 1 | The origin of the earth, the atmosphere and life (PDF - 1.4 MB) |
| 2 | The moon and the earth's rotation rate (PDF) |
| 3 | The co-evolution of life, ocean and atmospheric chemistry, and sedimentary rocks (PDF - 1.8 MB) |
| 4 | The "Faint Young Sun Paradox" and the geochemical C cycle (PDF) |
| 5 | Long-term climate cycles and the proterozoic glaciations ("Snowball Earth") (PDF) |
| 6 | Climate on geologic time scales and the CO2-climate connection (PDF) |
| 7 | Pleistocene ice age cycles 0-2.65 Ma (PDF - 1.3 MB) |
| 8 | Ice sheet paleoclimatology (PDF) |
| Part 2. CO2 and ocean chemistry (4 lectures) | |
| 9 | Natural and fossil fuel CO2 in the ocean I (1 lecture) (PDF - 2.0 MB) |
| 10-12 | Natural and fossil fuel CO2 in the ocean II (3 lectures) (PDF - 1.2 MB) Handout (PDF) |
| Part 3. Atmospheric chemistry and climate (4 lectures, 2 lectures each topic) | |
| 13-14 | Atmospheric chemistry I (PDF) |
| 15-16 | Atmospheric chemistry II (PDF) |
| Part 4. Wiggle matching and Milankovitch theory (2 lectures) | |
| 17-18 | Wiggle matching and milankovitch hypotheses (PDF) |
| Part 5. Ocean and climate (7 lectures) | |
| 19-25 | Ocean circulation for climate understanding (PDF - 1.7 MB) |
| Part 6. The atmosphere (10 lectures, 2 lectures each topic) | |
| 26-27 | Introduction (PDF) |
| 28-29 | Radiative and convective heat transfer (PDF - 3.5 MB) |
| 30-31 | Moist convection (PDF - 1.4 MB) |
| 32-33 | Water vapor and clouds (PDF - 1.4 MB) |
| 34-35 | Lateral transport of heat and water (PDF - 2.3 MB) |