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Physical Climatology: Principles

GEOG 5211/4211 - Fall 2003

Professor Konrad Steffen
CIRES Ekeley Building, S264
Tel o: 492 4524
e-mail konrad.steffen@colorado.edu


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1 Atmospheric System
1.1 Energy and Mass Exchange BLC, chapter 1
1.2 Physical Basis of Boundary Layer BLC, chapter 2



2 Radiative and Turbulent Fluxes
2.1 Evaluation of energy and mass fluxes BLC, appendix 2
2.2 The Global energy balance GPC: chapter 2
2.3 The energy balance of the surface GPC: chapter 4



Midterm Exam




3 Natural atmospheric environment 
3.1 Climates of non-vegetated surfaces BLC, chapter 3
3.2 Climates of vegetated surfaces BLC, chapter 4
3.3 Climates of non-uniform terrain BLC: chapter 5



4 Climate variability
4.1 Climate sensitivity and feedback mech GPC: chapter 9
4.2 Natural climate change GPC: chapter 11



Final Exam

BLC: Boundary Layer Climates, T.R. Oke, Methuen London and New York
GPC:  Global Physical Climatology, D.L. Hartmann, Academic Press.