European Climate Change
At the end of this course, participants should:
- understand the key physical processes shaping climate change in Europe;
- know about the methodologies used in climate change studies, encompassing observational, numerical, as well as statistical approaches;
- be familiar with relevant observational and modeling data sets;
- be able to tackle simple climate change questions using available data sets.
Credits are based on term performance and will involve:
- a graded written exam (to take place in December) and
- a short tutorial report (active contribution to a small exercise, group work up to 3 students encouraged, hand-in deadline in January)
The tutorial reports will be graded as pass / fail. To earn credits, students need to pass the tutorial and reach an exam grade ≥ 4.
Basic info
- written exam of 90 minutes
- date and location: Monday, 09 December 2024, 10:15-11:45, LFO C13
- exam will cover all materials / lectures provided up to and including Dec 02
- emphasis is placed on understanding, key concepts, terminology
- mostly text questions
Allowed materials
- 5 pages (single-sided) of hand-written notes, no smart phones
Please deregister in case you do not intend to attend the exam.
Tackle some specific questions with actual data:
protected page Assignment questions 2024
- Access to observational and model data through a web-based interface
- Provides hands-on experience with available data sets
- Hand-in brief report: 17th January, 2025
- The report submitted by each group should be named in the following format: <IPCCregion>.pdf
- Please include your names and student ID in the report. Submit only one report per group.
The tutorial will use a web-based interactive tool from the recent IPCC report:
- Tool: external page https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/
- Documentation: external page https://interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch/documentation
- external page Link to group selection for assignment (deadline: November 6, 2024)
The tool will be introduced in the lecture course of October 28, 2024