Bren 299: Advanced Climate Science for Policy Makers
Spring 2013 - v. 1.0
Professor:
David W. Lea; 1114 Webb Hall, Phone: 893-8665; lea@geol.ucsb.edu
Assistants:
Amy Burgard, Academic Programs Coordinator, Bren Hall 2400B, 893-6115,
aburgard@bren.ucsb.edu
Office Hrs:
Usually T, Th, 1015-11 AM in Bren 4520; otherwise email David Lea for
appointments.
Materials:
Class website available at: https://gauchospace.ucsb.edu
**Announcements, updated readings, assignments and occasional online lecture
quizzes will be posted on the website. Please consult the site regularly!
Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast (2nd Edition). By David Archer, John
Wiley and Sons, 2012: http://forecast.uchicago.edu/
Lindzen, R. S., and K. A. Emanuel, 2001: Greenhouse effect. In Encyclopedia of Global
Change. Oxford. Univ. Press, New York, pp. 562-566.
The Discovery of Global Warming by Spencer Weart, Harvard University Press, 2003
(paperback 2004) – Also, see Weart’s website: http://www.aip.org/history/climate/
IPCC: Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) - Climate Change 2007; SREN and SREX
reports. Available as HTML and pdf at: http://www.ipcc.ch/.
Annual Energy Outlook (online, US Department of Energy)
Meets:
T, Th 1000-1115, Bren 1424
Week
Topic
Notes
April 1
Planetary Temperatures
April 8
Sources and sinks of Greenhouse Gases
April 15
Climate Forcing Agents and their Efficacy April 18th class ends at 1045 AM
April 22
Climate Sensitivity and Feedbacks
Ed Fendley lectures April 23rd
April 29
Anthropogenic Climate Change
No Class May 2nd (UCSB IEE Summit)
May 6
Review and Midterm (5/9)
Midterm in class on Thursday
May 13
Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Wuebbles visit
May 20
Global Temperature Limits
Weubbles visit
May 27
Climate Mitigation Scenarios
No Class May 28th (Memorial Day)
June 3
Geoengineering
June 10
Finals Week
Final Project Due (6/10/13)
Grading will be based on the Attendance/Class Participation, Midterm, Assignments and online
quizzes, and the Final Project.
**All aspects subject to change