、 WU CHIEN-MING、 MIN-HUI LO、 YEN-TING HWANG、 YU-CHIAO LIANG、 KAI-CHIH, TSENG合授

In this course the students will use the 3-dimensional Earth System Models (ESM) as a tool to investigate climate response to various anthropogenic forcing and natural climate variability. Through a series of hands-on tutorials and projects, the students will design and carry out ESM experiments, and then analyze the simulation results to understand the key physical processes leading to the climate responses. We will specifically introduce the components and physical processes associated with each particular experiments for anthropogenic or natural forcing, focusing on representation of these components/processes in the ESM. The lectures will cover cutting-edge studies on the application of ESM to investigate climate response. The tutorials and projects include carrying out ESM simulations and data analysis on high-speed computer servers, to understand how to design and run climate experiments by modifying convection, cloud and radiation, aerosols, dynamical core, land surface, sea surface temperature, and sea ice, etc.

The goal is to enable the students to actually apply the ESM simulations to answer specific scientific questions, with appropriate analysis to investigate climate response and associated physical processes. Through the hands-on projects, the students will also obtain clear understanding to the representation of different components and physical processes in the ESM

Before taking this course, the students should have the basic skills of programming in a server (Fortran, Python, GrADS, UNIX system) in order to carry out simulations, data analysis, and data visualization. Pre-requisites in Programming and Scientific Computation, Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Atmospheric Dynamics, Numerical Analysis, and Statistics are highly recommended (if not, please talk to the instructor in advance). This course is also recommended (but not required) as a companion course to “Global Climate Change”.

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