Department of Physics

19411  Climate – Climatic Variation 

Course Webpage: https://eclass.uoa.gr/courses/PHYS334/ 

Course Content

• Climate. The climatic system and its components.
• Zonal and polar circulation.
• Dynamical equations of climate circulation.
• Climatic scales of time and space. Climatic factors.
• Planetary radiation and energy budgets.
• Greenhouse gases. Global warming potential.
• Planetary circulation and climate systems. El Niño, La Niña, ENSO.
• Climate variability and sensitivity vulnerability and resilience. Forcing and feedback mechanisms.
• Climate models, climate equations, models categories.  Dynamic and statistical downscaling.    
• Assessment of the impact of climate change to the natural and antropogenic environment.  Εxtreme weather events.
• International framework for the protection of climate.