Tropical Climate and Global Monsoon University of Tsukuba
Course Overview
The Earth's climate system represents complex interactions between the atmosphere, ocean and land. This class aims to foster ability to understand general basis on elements of climate system, their interactions, and their variability including El Nino Southern Oscillation and global warming. This course will also introduce 1) conceptual difference between weather forecast and climate projection, and 2) physical mechanisms responsible for anomalous weather and climate events (heavy rainfall, drought, heat wave, etc) occurred in recent years.
Learning Achievement
Students will learn global physical climatology to acquire the basic skill and knowledge for the climate study in terms of climate formation and its variations. Through attending lectures and homework, students may obtain knowledge that is needed to tackle global issues on climate change and sustainability.
Competence
「1. 理解力、解析力」「2. 課題対応力」に関連する
Course prerequisites
Grading Philosophy
Home work and report submission (100%)
Course schedule
The Earth's climate system represents complex interactions between the atmosphere, ocean and land. This class aims to foster ability to understand general basis on elements of climate system, their interactions, and their variability including El Nino Southern Oscillation and global warming. This course will also introduce 1) conceptual difference between weather forecast and climate projection, and 2) physical mechanisms responsible for anomalous weather and climate events (heavy rainfall, drought, heat wave, etc) occurred in recent years.
Course type
Lectures
Online Course Requirement
Instructor
Kamae Yoichi
Other information
Students need to prepare for classes in advance by studying the meaning of basic terminology on meteorology, for example latent heat, infrared radiation, Hadley circulation, Coriolis force etc if they don't have such basic knowledge.
Site for Inquiry
Link to the syllabus provided by the university