ESS220
Prof. Jin-Yi Yu
Course
Description
qThis course
offers an overview of Earth's climate system by describing the major climatological features in the atmosphere and oceans and by
explaining the physical
principals behind them.
qThe course
begins with an introduction of the global energy balance that drives motions in the
atmosphere and oceans,
then describes the basic structures and general circulations of the atmosphere and oceans, and finally look into major climate change and
variation phenomena.