Kursöversikt
Welcome to the course GVN460 Climate change in an Earth System perspective, 7.5 credits, Autumn 2022
We will meet at 14:00 in Hörsalen (You will find the room on your left if you enter the GVC building from Guldhedsgatan 5C) for the final lecture and a Q&A session by Deliang today on 28 September.
Course content
The course explores how the Earth system works and how it affects the global climate. The course begins with an introduction of the Earth system and its spheres and how they interact. Special focus will then be placed on the climate system and its ongoing and expected changes, meteorological processes, the weather, and how the ecosystem is linked to the climate system.
The schedule is preliminary up to two weeks before the start of the course.
More info about the course (as entry requirements, learning outcomes, form of teaching, assessment/grades, etc.) can be found in the course syllabus:
Literature
The main course book is:
Lutgens F. K., E. J. Tarbuck, and D. G. Tasa. The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology. Pearson Prentice Hall
There are different editions available. You can choose one of them, the contents are almost the same.
Few copies of the book (even the latest 14th edition) can be found at the Biomedical library (Biomedicinska biblioteket).
Contacts:
Course leader: Deliang Chen, Department of Earth Sciences, 4th floor, room 4.043
Course assistant: Tinghai Ou, Department of Earth Sciences, 4th floor, room 4.048
Course assistant: Hui-Wen Lai, Department of Earth Sciences, 4th floor, room 4.103
For administrative inquiries, please contact: studentadmin@gvc.gu.se
Study counsellor: Barbara Ruz Tallqvist, Department of Earth Sciences, 4th floor, room 4.074
More Information
Additional information for students concerning for example pedagogical support or student health is found on Student Portal