Fall 2023
Sections:
Tuesday 1-1:50 pm PST (MS 7124B)
Tuesday 2-2:50 pm PST (MS 7124B)
Tuesday 3-3:50 pm PST (MS 7124B)
Office hours:
Tuesday 4-5 pm PST (MS 7124A)
Email:
paigehoel@atmos.ucla.edu
Week One
10/1 to 10/7
Lecture 2: Heat and Radiation
Lecture 3: Earth’s Energy Balance and Greenhouse Effect
Week Two
10/8 to 10/14
Lecture 4: The Atmosphere
Lecture 5: The Ocean
Assignment #1
Week Three
10/15 to 10/21
Lecture 6: The Biosphere and the Carbon Cycle
Lecture 7: Paleoclimate and the Ice Ages
Week Four
10/22 to 10/28
Lecture 8: Internal Climate Variability
Lecture 9: Global Climate Models and Climate Projections
Assignment #2
Week Five
10/29 to 11/4
Lecture 10: The IPCC and Observed Climate Change
MIDTERM THURSDAY
Week Six
11/5 to 11/11
Lecture 11: The IPCC and Future Climate Change
Lecture 12: Hydrological cycle and climate extremes
Week Seven
11/12 to 11/18
Lecture 13: Impacts on Land Ecosystems
Lecture 14: Impacts on Oceans
Assignment #3
Week Eight
11/19 to 11/25
NO IN PERSON SETION
Lecture 15: Impacts on Humans
Week Nine
11/26 to 12/2
Lecture 16: Regional impacts: California and Los Angeles
Lecture 17: The Energy Conundrum
Assignment #4 due
Week Ten
12/3 to 12/10
Lecture 18: Policy Responses – Part I
Lecture 19: Policy Responses – Part II
Dr Paige Hoel 