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Jan. 24
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Lecture 1.
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Introductory survey
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Jan. 31
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Lecture 2.
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Fundamentals of aerosols and clouds. Part
1. Climate-relevant properties and processes
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Required reading
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Chapters 2, 3 and 4 of IAPSAG Report
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Feb. 7
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Lecture 3.
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Fundamentals of aerosols and clouds. Part
2.Observations
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Required reading
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Chapter 5 of IAPSAG Report
Chapter 2 in Atmospheric Aerosol Properties
and Climate Impacts, U.S. Climate Change Science Program Synthesis and Assessment
Product 2.3, 2009.
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Feb. 14
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Lecture 4.
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Variability and trends of aerosol, clouds,
and precipitation.
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Required reading
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Chapter 3 and 4 of IAPSAG Report
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Feb. 21
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Lecture 5.
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Types of climate models.
Major processes involving aerosol and clouds and their characteristic scales.
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Required reading
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Ghan S.J. and S. E. Schwartz Aerosol Properties and Processes: A Path from Field
and Laboratory Measurements to Global Climate Models. Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society Volume 88, Issue 7 (July 2007) pp. 1059-1083.
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Doherty S.L et al. , Lessons Learned from IPCC AR4: Scientific Developments Needed
to Understand, Predict, and Respond to Climate Change Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society Volume 90, Issue 4 (April 2009) pp. 497-513
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Feb. 28
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Lecture 6.
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Representation of aerosol processes in models.
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Required reading
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Fast, J.D., W. I. Gustafson, E. G. Chapman, R. C. Easter, J. P. Rishel, R. A. Zaveri,
G. A. Grell, and M. C. Barth, The Aerosol Modeling Testbed: A Community Tool to Objectively
Evaluate Aerosol Process Modules. BAMS, doi: 10.1175/2010BAMS2868.1 (in
press)
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McFiggans, G., et al., The effect of physical and chemical aerosol properties on
warm cloud droplet activation. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2593–2649, 2006
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Mar. 7
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Lecture 7.
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Representation of cloud processes in models.
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Required reading
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Randall, D., M. Khairoutdinov, A. Arakawa, and W. Grabowski, Breaking the cloud parameterization
deadlock. BAMS, 1547-1564, 2003.
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Mar. 28
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Lecture 8.
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Hot topic:
Aerosol-cloud-climate interactions: Aerosol indirect effects
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Required reading
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Lohmann U. and J. Fletcher, Global indirect aerosol effects: a review. Atmos.
Chem. Phys, 5, 715-737, 2005.
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Stevens, B., and G. Feingold (2009), Untangling aerosol effects on clouds and precipitation
in a buffered system, Nature, 461(7264), 607-613.
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Apr. 4
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Lecture 9.
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Hot topic:
Carbonaceous aerosols (BC and organic carbon) and their climate impacts
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Class Presentations
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Lindsey Morgan, The Effect of Aerosols on the Asian Monsoon.
Slides
Yuzhong Zhang, Biogenic aerosols and their interactions with climate
Slides
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Required reading
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Ramanathan V. and G. Carmichael (2008), Global and regional climate changes due to
black carbon. Nature Geoscience, 1, 4, 221-227.
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Fuzzi, S., Andreae, M. O., Huebert, B. J., Kulmala, M., Bond, T. C., Boy, M., Doherty,
S. J., Guenther, A., Kanakidou, M., Kawamura, K., Kerminen, V.-M., Lohmann, U.,
Russell, L. M., and Pöschl, U.: Critical assessment of the current state of scientific
knowledge, terminology, and research needs concerning the role of organic aerosols
in the atmosphere, climate, and global change, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 2017-2038,
doi:10.5194/acp-6-2017-2006, 2006.
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Andreae, M.O. and A. Glencsér (2006), Black carbon or brown carbon? The nature of
light-absorpbing carbonaceous aerosols, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 6, 3131-3148.
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Apr. 11
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Lecture 10.
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Hot topic:
Aerosol-clouds-climate interactions in the Arctic and northern latitudes
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Required reading
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Quinn et al., Short-lived pollutants in the Arctic: their climate impact and
possible mitigation strategies. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 1723–1735, 2008.
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Shindell, D.T., et al., A multi-model assessment of pollution transport to the Arctic. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 5353-5372, 2008.
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