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  • Ocean-Atmosphere Reanalysis (W1D2)
  • Remote Sensing (W1D3)
  • Paleoclimate (W1D4)
  • Introduction to Climate Modeling (W1D5)
  • An Ensemble of Futures (W2D1)
  • The Socioeconomics of Climate Change (W2D2)
  • Extremes and Variability (W2D3)
  • AI and Climate Change (W2D4)
  • Introduction
  • Project Day keynote (W2D5)
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Site Navigation

  • Schedule
  • Technical Help
  • Quick links and policies
  • Prerequisites and preparatory materials for Computational Tools for Climate Science
  • Climate System Overview (W1D1)
  • Good Research Practices (Projects)
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Reanalysis (W1D2)
  • Remote Sensing (W1D3)
  • Paleoclimate (W1D4)
  • Introduction to Climate Modeling (W1D5)
  • An Ensemble of Futures (W2D1)
  • The Socioeconomics of Climate Change (W2D2)
  • Extremes and Variability (W2D3)
  • AI and Climate Change (W2D4)
  • Introduction
  • Project Day keynote (W2D5)
  • Daily guide for projects
  • Project materials
  • Continuing your project after the course
  • Past projects
  • Introduction
  • Mentorship Program
  • Impact Talks
  • Mentor Meetings
  • Career Features
  • Career Panels
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  • Introduction
  • Schedule
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  • Technical Help
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    • Using discord
  • Quick links and policies
  • Prerequisites and preparatory materials for Computational Tools for Climate Science

Fundamentals

  • Climate System Overview (W1D1)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Creating DataArrays and Datasets to Assess Global Climate Data
    • Tutorial 2: Selection, Interpolation and Slicing
    • Tutorial 3: Opening and Plotting netCDF Data
    • Tutorial 4: Arithmetic and Aggregation Methods
    • Tutorial 5: Xarray Data Analysis and Climatology
    • Tutorial 6: Compute and Plot Temperature Anomalies
    • Tutorial 7: Other Computational Tools in Xarray
    • Tutorial 8: Masking with One Condition
    • Bonus Tutorial 9: Masking with Multiple Conditions
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary
  • Good Research Practices (Projects)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Finding a Phenomenon and Asking a Question About It
    • Tutorial 2: Doing a Literature Review
    • Tutorial 3: Identifying the Basic Ingredients
    • Tutorial 4: Formulating a Hypothesis
    • Tutorial 5: Drafting the Analysis
    • Tutorial 6: Implementing the Analysis
    • Tutorial 7: Interpreting the Results
    • Tutorial 8: Communicating Your Conclusions
    • Outro
    • Day Summary

Past and Present Climate

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Reanalysis (W1D2)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Calculating ENSO with Xarray
    • Tutorial 2: A Lot of Weather Makes Climate - Exploring the ERA5 Reanalysis
    • Tutorial 3: Atmospheric Circulation
    • Tutorial 4: Oceanic Wind-Driven Circulation
    • Tutorial 5: Thermohaline Circulation
    • Bonus Tutorial 6: Ocean Heat Content
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary
  • Remote Sensing (W1D3)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Introduction to Remote Sensing
    • Tutorial 2: Exploring Satellite Climate Data Records
    • Tutorial 3: Visualizing Satellite CDR - Global Vegetation Mapping
    • Tutorial 4: Understanding Climatology Through Precipitation Data
    • Tutorial 5: Calculating Anomalies Using Precipitation Data
    • Tutorial 6: Large Scale Climate Variability - ENSO
    • Tutorial 7: Impact of Climate Variability - Precipitation
    • Bonus Tutorial 8: Comparing Satellite Products With In Situ Data
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary
  • Paleoclimate (W1D4)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Paleoclimate Proxies
    • Tutorial 2: Reconstructing Past Changes in Ocean Climate
    • Tutorial 3: Reconstructing Past Changes in Terrestrial Climate
    • Tutorial 4: Reconstructing Past Changes in Atmospheric Climate
    • Tutorial 5: Paleoclimate Data Analysis Tools
    • Tutorial 6: Spectral Analysis of Paleoclimate Data
    • Bonus Tutorial 7: Assessing Climate Forcings
    • Bonus Tutorial 8: Paleoclimate Models
    • Tutorial 9: Paleoclimate Reanalysis Products
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary

Climate Future

  • Introduction to Climate Modeling (W1D5)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect
    • Tutorial 2: Energy Balance
    • Tutorial 3: A Zero-Dimensional Energy Balance Model
    • Bonus Tutorial 4: Climate Feedbacks
    • Bonus Tutorial 5: Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere
    • Bonus Tutorial 6: Radiative-Convective Equilibrium
    • Tutorial 7: Introduction to CMIP6 Earth System Models
    • Tutorial 8: Time Series, Global Averages, and Scenario Comparison
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary
  • An Ensemble of Futures (W2D1)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Internal Climate Variability and Single-model Ensembles
    • Tutorial 2: Future climate scenarios & Multi-model Ensembles
    • Tutorial 3: Quantifying Uncertainty in Projections
    • Tutorial 4: Synthesising & Interpreting Diverse Data Sources
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary
  • The Socioeconomics of Climate Change (W2D2)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Orienting inside a “Climate Solution” Simulator
    • Tutorial 2: Fossil Fuel Emissions, Growth, and Damage
    • Tutorial 3: The Temporal Dimension of Actions
    • Tutorial 4: The Shared Socio-economic Pathways
    • Tutorial 5: Mapping the Narrative Space
    • Bonus Tutorial 6: Create your Socio-economic Scenario
    • Outro
    • Tutorial 2 Further Reading
    • Day Summary

Climate Response

  • Extremes and Variability (W2D3)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: Distributions
    • Tutorial 2: What is an Extreme Event? Empirical Return Levels
    • Tutorial 3: Extreme Value Analysis - the GEV Distribution
    • Tutorial 4: Return Levels Using Normal and GEV Distributions
    • Tutorial 5: Non-stationarity in Historical Records
    • Tutorial 6: Scenario-dependence of Future Changes in Extremes
    • Bonus Tutorial 7: Non-Stationarity in the EVT-framework
    • Bonus Tutorial 8: Thresholds
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary
  • AI and Climate Change (W2D4)
    • Intro
    • Tutorial 1: ClimateBench Dataset and How Machine Learning Can Help
    • Tutorial 2: Building and Training Random Forest Models
    • Tutorial 3: Testing Model Generalization
    • Tutorial 4: Testing Spatial Generalization
    • Tutorial 5: Testing generalization to new scenarios
    • Tutorial 6: Exploring other applications
    • Outro
    • Suggested Further Reading
    • Day Summary

Project Booklet

  • Introduction
  • Project Day keynote (W2D5)
  • Daily guide for projects
  • Project materials
    • Arctic Sea Ice Change
    • Heatwaves
    • Ocean Acidification
    • Precipitation Variability and Extreme Events
  • Continuing your project after the course
  • Past projects
    • Sea Level Rise
    • Ocean Acidification
    • The Impact of ENSO on Precipitation and Temperature
    • Regional Precipitation Variability and Extreme events
    • Heatwaves: Assessing the Dynamic Interactions of the Atmosphere and Land
    • Monitoring and Mapping Wildfires Using Satellite Data
    • Changes in Land Cover: Albedo and Carbon Sequestration

Professional Development

  • Introduction
  • Professional developemnt
  • Impact Talks
  • Mentor Meetings
  • Career Features
  • Career Panels
  • repository
  • open issue
  • .md

Suggested Further Reading

Suggested Further Reading#

General overview of paleoclimate:

  • https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-research-and-development-program/science/paleoclimate-research

  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/what-is-paleoclimatology

IPCC Information from Paleoclimate Archives:

  • https://www.ipcc.ch/site/assets/uploads/2018/02/WG1AR5_Chapter05_FINAL.pdf

Major climate variations in earth’s history:

  • https://www.climate.gov/news-features/climate-qa/whats-hottest-earths-ever-been

Modern climate changes in the context of paleoclimate:

  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/climate-change-context-paleoclimate

  • https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3021/pdf/fs2010-3021.pdf

Delta-18O information:

  • https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/Paleoclimatology_OxygenBalance

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