course-climatogy

Material for the 'climatology' course at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. Last updated for the 2021 term. Course website: http://www.isac.cnr.it/~utls/?q=node/243 (under maintenance!) - material will be shared via Teams.

Contents

• Ice albedo
• Daisyworld
• Palaeoclimate
• Radiation budget
• Atmosphere and ocean climatology
• Atmosphere and ocean transport

Software

A local installation of python (3.X suggested) is required. You can use the miniconda installer (e.g. on Linux) https://docs.conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/install/ and download the needed packages (numpy, matplotlib, basemap or cartopy) following https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/user-guide/tasks/install-packages/ Students should already know spyder https://anaconda.org/anaconda/spyder

Data

For more information on ERBE files, please see: http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cas/catalog/satellite/erbe/meansjf.html