Jan Rajczak: Katalogdaten im Herbstsemester 2020

NameHerr Dr. Jan Rajczak
Adresse
Lehre Umweltsystemwissenschaften
ETH Zürich, CHN L 11
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
SWITZERLAND
E-Mailjan.rajczak@env.ethz.ch
DepartementUmweltsystemwissenschaften
BeziehungDozent

NummerTitelECTSUmfangDozierende
701-1257-00LEuropean Climate Change3 KP2GC. Schär, J. Rajczak, S. C. Scherrer
KurzbeschreibungThe lecture provides an overview of climate change in Europe, from a physical and atmospheric science perspective. It covers the following topics:
• observational datasets, observation and detection of climate change;
• underlying physical processes and feedbacks;
• numerical and statistical approaches;
• currently available projections.
LernzielAt 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.
InhaltContents:
• global context
• observational data sets, analysis of climate trends and climate variability in Europe
• global and regional climate modeling
• statistical downscaling
• key aspects of European climate change: intensification of the water cycle, Polar and Mediterranean amplification, changes in extreme events, changes in hydrology and snow cover, topographic effects
• projections of European and Alpine climate change
SkriptSlides and lecture notes will be made available at
http://www.iac.ethz.ch/edu/courses/master/electives/european-climate-change.html
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesParticipants should have a background in natural sciences, and have attended introductory lectures in atmospheric sciences or meteorology.