1. The Climate System I

Weather & climate; components of the climate system, interactions; energy balance; hydrological cycle; heat balance and atmospheric / oceanic engine.
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2. The Climate System II

Climate variability, time-scales, processes involved; the atmospheric circulation, acting forces, mean fields; the oceanic circulation, basic concepts, shallow and deep circulation.
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3. Climate Variability in Interannual Time-scales I

Air-sea interactions in the tropics, Pacific & ENSO, Atlantic.
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4. Climate Variability in Interannual Time-scales II

Tropical-extratropical interactions, teleconnection patterns; air-sea interactions in the extratropics; air-land interactions; interdecadal variability.
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5. Predictability

Weather predictability; why is climate predictable?; predictability of SST; predictability of tropical climate; predictability of extratropical climate.
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6. Basics of Climate Prediction Techniques

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7. Downscaling

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8. References

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NOTE: All lecture notes and references also can be downloaded as a single PDF file.
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