PREVIOUS SEMESTERS Fall Course Offerings Fall 2022 Fundamentals of the Geosciences II Subject associations GEO 506 A survey of fundamental papers in the Geosciences. Topics include present and future climate, biogeochemical processes in the ocean, geochemical cycles, orogenies, thermochronology, Earth structure and mechanics, and seismicity. This is the core geosciences graduate course. Instructors Stephan A. Fueglistaler John A. Higgins Ching-Yao Lai Elizabeth Niespolo Allan M. Rubin Gabriel A. Vecchi View additional detailsfor Fundamentals of the Geosciences II Fall 2022 Introduction to Ocean Physics for Climate Subject associations GEO 425 / MAE 425 The study of the oceans as a major influence on the atmosphere and the world environment. The contrasts between the properties of the upper and deep oceans; the effects of stratification; the effect of rotation; the wind-driven gyres; the thermohaline circulation. Instructors Gabriel A. Vecchi View additional detailsfor Introduction to Ocean Physics for Climate Fall 2021 Introduction to Ocean Physics for Climate Subject associations GEO 425 / MAE 425 The study of the oceans as a major influence on the atmosphere and the world environment. The contrasts between the properties of the upper and deep oceans; the effects of stratification; the effect of rotation; the wind-driven gyres; the thermohaline circulation. Instructors Sonya Allayne Legg Gabriel Andres Vecchi View additional detailsfor Introduction to Ocean Physics for Climate Spring Offerings List Spring 2021 Climate and Weather: Order in the Chaos Subject associations ENV 354 / GEO 368 This course focuses on the relationship between climate and weather events: each weather event is unique and not predictable more than a few days in advance, large-scale factors constrain the statistics of weather events, those statistics are climate. Various climatic aspects will be explored, such as the geographic constraints, energy and water cycling, and oceanic and atmospheric circulation, solar heating, the El Niño phenomenon, ice ages, and greenhouse gases. These climate features will be used to interpret the statistics of a number of weather events, including heat waves, tropical cyclones (hurricanes and typhoons) and floods. Instructors Gabriel Andres Vecchi View additional detailsfor Order in the Chaos Spring 2021 Responsible Conduct of Research in Geosciences (Half-Term) Subject associations GEO 503 / AOS 503 Course educates Geosciences and AOS students in the responsible conduct of research using case studies appropriate to these disciplines. This discussion-based course focuses on issues related to the use of scientific data, publication practices and responsible authorship, peer review, research misconduct, conflicts of interest, the role of mentors & mentees, issues encountered in collaborative research and the role of scientists in society. Successful completion is based on attendance, reading, and active participation in class discussions. Course satisfies University requirement for RCR training. Instructors Regan Hunt Crotty Thomas S. Duffy John Andrew Higgins Larry Wayne Horowitz Sonya Allayne Legg Catherine Anne Riihimaki Allan Mattathias Rubin Blair Schoene Frederik Jozef Simons Jeroen Tromp Gabriel Andres Vecchi View additional detailsfor Responsible Conduct of Research in Geosciences (Half-Term)
