ESS220
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Course Description
qThis course offers an overview of Earth's
climate system by
describing the major climatological features in the atmosphere and oceans and by
explaining the physical
principals behind them.
qThe course begins with an introduction of the
global energy balance
that drives motions in the atmosphere and oceans, then describes the basic structures and general circulations of the atmosphere and
oceans, and finally
look into major climate change and variation phenomena.