Graduate Course "Climate Research"

Prof. W. Aeschbach-Hertig, University of Heidelberg
Dr. P. L. Vidale, ETH Zurich
 

Part I: Paleoclimate

13./14. April 20004
Prof. W. Aeschbach-Hertig

Lecture Notes
Session1 (Tuesday, 5.2 MB pdf-file)
Session2 (Wednesday, 7.3 MB pdf-file)

Links
General Information Sources on (Paleo)climate
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
NOAA Paleoclimatology (US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
PAGES (Past Global Changes, an international research program)
WCRP (World Climate Research Programme)
CLIVAR (International Research Program on Climate Variability and Predictability)
IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library (a data resource, allows nice visualisations)
PMIP / PMIP 2 (Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project 1 and 2, on model-data comparison)
Global Climate Change Starting Points (looks interesting, but not tested...)
NCDC (US National Climatic Data Center, a data resource)
GCMD (Global Change Master Directory, another data resource)
GISS (Goddard Institute of Space Science, has a lot of information on climate issues)

Educational Resources on (Paleo)climate
UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research)
2nd International NCCR Climate Summer School (Teaching material from a Swiss graduate school)
Global Climate Change Student Guide (Manchester Metropolitan University)
AIP (American Institute of Physics) Site on History of Global Warming Research

Particular Issues
Isotope Hydrology Section of IAEA (a starting point for issues related to stable isotopes in water, e.g. the GNIP database)
Jeff Severinghaus' homepage (with downloadable publications on isotopes in trapped air in ice and gas age - ice age difference)
Tree Rings I (Grissino-Mayer's ultimate tree ring homepage)
Tree Rings II (Dendro-Team at WSL, Switzerland, including e.g. info on Jan Esper's reconstruction of the last 1000 yr)
Michael Mann's homepage (Information on climate of the last 1000 yr, publications, etc.)
Stefan Rahmstorf's homepage (a modeler's page, information on abrupt changes, ocean circulation, and GCR critique)
Henrik Svensmark's homepage (Svensmark Hypothesis on Galactic Cosmic Rays and Climate)
Nir Shaviv's homepage (more on GCRs and climate)
Critical discussion of Shaviv and Veizer's paper and GCR-theory
Methane hydrates (US National Research Program with a lot of information)
Gashydrate.de (German site on gas hydrates, from GEOMAR)

Part II: Climate Modeling

15./16. April 20004
Dr. P. L. Vidale

Lecture Notes

Either find them on Pier Luigi Vidale's homepage

or directly by following these links:

Heidelberg_CM1.pdf (12 MB) or Heidelberg_CM1.mov (QuickTime, 8.6 MB).

Heidelberg_CM2.pdf (12 MB) or Heidelberg_CM2.mov (QuickTime, 5.1 MB).