Unit CLIMATE CHANGE
- Course
- Geosciences for risk and environment management
- Study-unit Code
- A002311
- Curriculum
- Geosciences for environmental sustainability
- Teacher
- Paolina Bongioannini Cerlini
- Teachers
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- Paolina Bongioannini Cerlini
- Hours
- 45 ore - Paolina Bongioannini Cerlini
- CFU
- 6
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2020
- Offered
- 2020/21
- Learning activities
- A scelta dello studente
- Area
- A scelta dello studente
- Academic discipline
- FIS/06
- Type of study-unit
- Opzionale (Optional)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian.
- Contents
- The course is aimed at disseminating the fundamentals of general circulation of the atmosphere and the ocean.
- Reference texts
- John Marshall R., Alan Plumb, Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Dynamics: an introductory text. Academic Press, pp 344.
John M. Wallace, Peter V. Hobbs, Atmospheric Science: an Introductory Survey. 2nd edition. Academic Press, pp 504. - Educational objectives
- The course aims to provide students with the necessary skills to understand the basic concepts of the Earth system: Chemical Composition, Mass, The Vertical structure, Winds, Convection and Precipitation, Radiation.
The main knowledge (Dublin Descriptor 1) acquired will be:
• knowledge of the theoretical foundations of climate mechanisms;
• knowledge of both traditional and methods for using climate data (e.g. Copernicus).
The main skills acquired (ability to apply the acquired knowledge, Dublin Descriptor 2, and to adopt with appropriate judgment the appropriate approach, Dublin Descriptor 3) will be:
• ability to choose, use and combine in a synergic way the numerical models and climate data. - Prerequisites
- None.
- Teaching methods
- The course is divided into theoretical and practical lessons.
- Other information
- None.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of an individual oral test.
The verification of the educational objectives of the course (test) includes an oral test, which will be carried out on the dates set in the exam timetable of the CdS.
The oral exam consists of an interview, of about 30 minutes, carried out starting from Laboratories and visualization of Copernicus data and simple simulations aimed at assess:
i) the level of knowledge of the theoretical contents of the course (Dublin descriptor 1);
ii) the level of competence in presenting their knowledge (Dublin descriptor 2);
iii) autonomy of judgment (Dublin descriptor 3).
The oral test also aims to verify the student's language skills in answering the Commission’s questions, to sustain a dialectical relationship during the interview and to demonstrate logical-deductive and summary abilities in the exhibition of one's thought
(Dublin 4 descriptor).
The grade will be express by the Commission in thirtieths. - Extended program
- The course aims to provide students with the necessary skills to understand the basic concepts of the Earth system: Chemical Composition, Mass, The Vertical structure, Winds, Convection and Precipitation, Radiation.
Moreover, it will be discussed:
- The earth’s Carbon Cycle; Climate Sensitivity, Forcings and Feedbacks
- The Paleoclimate: What can the past tell us about the present and future? Past and recent observations. Paleoclimate. Paleotemperatures over the past 70 million years: The d18O record. Glacial-interglacial cycles
- The global energy balance. Planetary emission temperature. The atmospheric absorption spectrum. The greenhouse effect: A simple greenhouse model.
Atmospheric Composition and the Greenhouse. Climate and ¿¿2 and Non-¿¿2 Greenhouse-gases. Global warming
- Copernicus: how to access and use climate data