Expand+GEOG20060 Weather, Climate and Climate Change
Academic Year 2021/2022
The focus of this module will be on understanding the processes responsible for weather, climate and climate change. Lectures will introduce students to concepts of energy and ma...

Hide-GEOG20060 Weather, Climate and Climate Change
Academic Year 2021/2022
The focus of this module will be on understanding the processes responsible for weather, climate and climate change. Lectures will introduce students to concepts of energy and mass exchanges within the climate system which give rise to circulation systems and wetahr patterns. We use this as the basis for understanding the common states of weather at a place (climate) and show how natural and human activities are driving climate change.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this module students will a) understand energy and heat exchanges within the earth-atmosphere system, b) have an awareness of the variables influencing climate and c) have become familiar with graphic representations of various climate components. They should have a good understanding of the basis for global climate change caused by human activities and an ability to link policies at national and international scales to climate actions.

Indicative Module Content:
Introduction: Concepts & Sources of weather information; Forms of energy and transfer mechanisms; Earth-Sun relationships & Atmospheric Composition; Earth’s Energy Budget; Atmospheric Properties: Temperature/Humidity, stability, clouds & precipitation, pressure & wind; The Global circulation & weather systems: mid-latitude frontal cyclones, severe weather; Climates of the world; Climate change and its impacts.