Intro-1 EOSC 112 Course Overview [text KKC, pp.]

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Lecture 1 Introduction

• Introduce ourselves
• Introduce yourself
• Course Outline

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Instructors Office Phone E-mail
Youmin Tang 8-429 960-5190 ytang_at_unbc.ca
Siraj Islam 4-242 960-5293 sirajkhan78_at_gmail.com
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My Personal Biography
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• Name Youmin Tang
• Canada Research Chair,
  Professor
• Education BSc and MSc in Meteorology
• PhD in Physical Oceanography
• Research Climate dynamics, El Nino and seasonal
  
• climate prediction,
  climate predictability, Ocean
• data assimilation,
  Coupled modeling
• Teaching Introduction to Atmospheric sciences
  (ENSC201)
• Geophysical data
  analysis (ENSC450), Global
• change sciences
  (ENSC425), modeling and
• simulation (NRES710).

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Name Siraj Ul Islam Research Assistant and
PhD Candidate Education MSc and MPhil in
Computational Physics PhD in Atmospheric
Science (in Progress) Research Climate change
and dynamics, Climate modeling and simulation,
Seasonal climate prediction Experience Researc
h and teaching experience as climatologist in
Global Change Impact Study Center, Islamabad.
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ENSC 425 Course Overview

• Web site
• http//web.unbc.ca/ytang/ENSC425
• Schedule of lectures lecture notes.
• Office 8-429 (Tang) 4-242 (Siraj) Tel
• 5190 (Tang)5293(Siraj)
• Email ytang_at_unbc.ca
  sirajkhan78_at_gmail.com
• Hours Tuesday 300-420pm or by
• appointment

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• Reference books "The Earth System" (2nd edition)
  by Lee R. Kump, J.F. Kasting R.G. Crane.
  Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004.
• Earths Climate Past and Future, by Ruddiman,
  2001
• IPCC Fourth Assessment Report -- Climate Change
  2007 The Physical Science Basis
  (http//www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publicat
  ions_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_wg1_report_the_
  physical_science_basis.htm)

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• Course Schedule and Outline
• Week1-2 Course overview Climate
• System.
• Week2-3 System approach Daisyworld.
• Week3-4 Global changes quiz
• Week5-8 Past Climate changes quiz

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• Week 9 Oceanic circulation
• Week 10 Modern Climate Variability.
• week 11 Climate models and climate modeling
• week 12 IPCC report. quiz
• Week 13 Student presentation
• The schedule may change, as the class evolves.
  I will alert you if/when quiz schedule changes.

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• Grades
• 3 Test marks (each 20) 60
• Final project 40
• presentation 10
• written report 30
• Statue of Limitations If you wish to appeal a
  grade received on a test, your appeal must be
  made within 7 days from the time it is handed
  back.  No appeals will be considered after that
  deadline.

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• Types of quiz questions
• (1) Multiple choice
• (2) simple calculation
• (3) interpretation and description
• All questions are covered in lectures.

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• Final project - Literature review or research
  report
• You should choose a topic from given
• titles, and do a comprehensive literature
• review for your chosen topic. You are
• asked to write a review report, and present
• your report in the class.
• You will be responsible for searching
• relevant literature on your chosen topic.
  You
• must annotate your references in your
• reports in detail, which I can find them.

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• Sources of literature
• Scientific journals
• Academic books
• Internet
• Your report should be like an academic
• research paper, including
• (1) Title
• (2) Introduction
• (3) major progress made in this topic,
  major
• methods used, some unsolved issues
  ..
• (4) Conclusions

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• This report should be at least 20 pages
• (double-spaced, not counting figures. Font
• size 12). It is due before our last class
• (Dec. 3).

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• Recommended topics
• (1) Global warming and Climate change
• (2) EL Nino
• (3) The role of Ocean in Climate change
• (4) Global climate changes past, present
• and future
• If you like other topics, please see me for a
• discussion before you work.

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• Presentation
• 12-15 mins talk, and 3-5 mins
• questions.
• You will be marked by everybody in the
• class. The average is the final mark of
• your presentation.