Reading to be done before Class: ESBS Chapter 18 (pp. 504-524), AE Article 1
Come to class with a basic familiarity with the following concepts and ideas: Global climate change, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases, aerosols, radiative forcing, El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), La Nina, proxy indicators, coupled general circulation models, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Climate Change

The Climate System

• Components of the Climate System
  • Solar Radiation
    • Electromagnetic Radiation
    • Albedo
  • The Atmosphere
  • Oceans
• Greenhouse effect