PHYS 404 — Climate Physics

This course covers the essentials of climate physics through the lens of one-dimensional, vertical atmospheric models. This includes shortwave and longwave radiative transfer, convection, phase changes, clouds, greenhouse gases, and atmospheric escape. This is an adequate level of detail for understanding Earth's climate, paleoclimate, anthropogenic climate change, or pursing studies of Solar System planets and extrasolar planets.

• Rating: 4.00 out of 5 from 19 student reviews
• Difficulty: 3.00 out of 5
• Credits: 3
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Department: Physics
• Taught by: Nicolas Cowan
• Prerequisite(s): PHYS 230 or PHYS 251, PHYS 232 or PHYS 253, MATH 315 or MATH 325, and MATH 222

Sections offered

• Section 001 (Lec), Mon Wed 8:35-9:55 am — 4 seats open