Introduction of the most important components of the climate systems and their interactions.
Learning objective
Students have a basic understanding of the global energy balance, radiation budget, boundary, layer, atmosphere, ocean, biosphere, land-surface coupling, cryosphere, carbon cycle, climate variability, climate of the past and anthropogenic climate change, and they are able to apply this to solve simple quantitative problems and answer qualitative questions.
Performance assessment
Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again)
Performance assessment as a semester course