Postgraduate Course: Earth System Modelling: Past, Present and Future (PGGE11148)
This course will be closed from 13 January 2017
Course Outline
| School | School of Geosciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Predictions of future climate change rely on modelling the Earth System while understanding the causes of recent climate change relies on a comparison between such models and observations of climate change. This course aims to 1) introduce the different components of earth system models 2) explain the methods and techniques used to model them, 3) provide examples of their applications for future predictions, observed changes and paleo-climate reconstructions 4) provide tools for the statistical analysis of model and observational data. The course will be interdisciplinary and aims to describe and quantify the interactions between the different components of the Earth System: the ocean, the atmosphere, the cryosphere and the biosphere. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Computational Methods (PHYS09016)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
As a result of this course, students would be able to:
- describe the main components of the Earth system and how they interact
- describe some of the approaches used to model the components and their interactions
- critically discuss the sources and magnitudes of uncertainty in modelling
- discuss possible future research directions in modelling
- quantitatively compare model simulations with observations
- Use simple models to explore uncertainty
- Understand key drivers of the Earth system on decadal to centennial time-scales.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Simon Tett
Tel:
Email: Simon.Tett@ed.ac.uk |
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