Monday, 14-16 lecture, PEP room
Prof. Dr. Gerrit Lohmann
 
Monday, 16-17 tutorial, PEP room
Moritz Krieger & Barbara Haese
 
 
The focus of the course is to identify the underlying dynamics for the atmosphere-ocean system. This is done through theory, numerical models, and statistical data analysis. It has been recognized that the atmospheric and oceanic flow binds together the interactions between the biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere and atmosphere that control the planetary environment. The fundamental concepts of atmosphere-ocean flow, energetics, vorticity, wave motion are described. This includes atmospheric wave motion, extratropical synoptic scale systems, the oceanic wind driven and thermohaline circulation. These phenomena are described using the dynamical equations, observational and proxy data, as well basic physical and mathematical concepts. Practicals complement the lessons.
Specific aspects:

• Atmospheric dynamics and related teleconnection patterns

• Climate variability patterns

• Reconstruction of climate, instrumental and proxy data

• Dynamical concepts for climate dynamics: Bifurcations, Feedback analysis

• Instabilities in the atmosphere-ocean system and the dynamics of waves

• Statistical approach of fluid dynamics

• Fundamental models: Stochastic climate model, Milankovitch theory of the ice ages, Stommel's box model of the ocean circulation, etc.

Lesson 1, 4.4.2011: Overview, Statistical analysis, Climate Modes (ENSO, NAO)
Tutorial: Programing in R (please bring your laptops); Exercise 1

Lesson 2, 11.4: Teleconnections
Tutorial: Programing in R (please bring your laptops); Exercise 2

Lesson 3, 18.4.: Meridional circulation in the ocean and atmosphere: MOC and Hadley Cell
Tutorial: Theory and Programing (please bring your laptops); Exercise 3

Lesson 4, 2.5.: Long-term climate variability
Tutorial: Theory and Programing (please bring your laptops); Exercise 4

Lesson 5, 9.5: Exercise 5

Lesson 6, 16.5.: Concepts of age and time in environmental dynamics
Tutorial: Applications to teleconnections with model data Exercise 6

Lesson 7, 23.5.: Numerics and Bifurcation Theory
Exercise 7

Lesson 8, 30.5.: Isotope Physics
Exercise 8

Lesson 9, 6.6.: Teleconnections
Exercise 9: Applications to teleconnections with proxy data

Lesson 10, 20.6.: Rayleigh-Bernard & Lorenz system (see script)
Exercise 10

Lesson 11, 27.6.: Stochastic climate model (see script)
Exercise 11

Lesson 12, 4.7. : Climate variability modes: form years to timescales of ice ages
Tutorial: Applications to teleconnections with model data.
Note that lecture & tutorial will be 14:00 - 16:00 at AWI, Building F, Glaskasten
no new Exercise

Lesson 13, 11.7.: Summary
no new Exercise

Exam: August 17, 2011

The script is available under: https://www.mydrive.ch/browse#/9421137/DynamicsII