Week 1 - introduction to the climate system (G1, 2, 5 and E3)
subcomponents
global energy cycle
global water cycle
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Week 2 - atmosphere (G6 and E4)
general circulation
jetstream and midlatitude storm
tropical convection and monsoons
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Week 3 - ocean (G7 and E5))
wind-driven
thermohaline circulations
meridional heat transport
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Week 4 - land surface (G5)
energy, water, and heat properties
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Week 5 - climate sensitivity and feedback mechanisms (G9)
measurement of sensitivity
cloud-radiative feedback
ice-albedo feedback
water vapor feedback
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Week 6 - Tectonic-Scale Climate Changes (EC 4-7)
CO2 and long-term climate
plate tectonics and climate
greenhouse Earth
icehouse Earth
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Week 7 - Orbital-Scale Climate Changes (G8)
astronomical control of solar radiation
isolation control of monsoons and ice sheets
orbital-scale changes in CO2 and methane
orbital-scale interactions in the climate system
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Week 8 - Deglacial and Millennial Climate Changes (G11)
the last glacial maximum
climate during and since the last glacial
millennial oscillations in climate

Week 9 - historical and anthropogenic climate change (G12 and E13, 14)
greenhouse gases and ozone hole depletion and global warming
land surface changes and Amazon deforestation and Sahara desertification

Week 10 - climate system modeling (Chapter 10)
components and hierarchy of climate system model
computational issues
modeling of climate variations (ENSO) and changes (2xCO2)