CE 543-Climate Change: from basic principles to modeling

Instructor: Yunha Lee Office: PACCAR 452 email: Yunha.lee@wsu.edu
The goal of this class is to gain qualitative understanding of Earth’s climate change and numerical climate modeling. It will cover the aspect of major components of the Earth’s climate system, key physical processes affecting Earth’s energy balance, and how these are represented in current climate models. We will also explore how climate models are used for climate impacts assessments and mitigation policies. This course is designed for a graduate or an advanced undergraduate student who wants to learn the scientific fundamentals of climate change and climate modeling.