Syllabus
Methods of climate change detection
Observed recent climate change in the instrumental period: temperature, precipitation, extremes, other variables - in the Czech Republic, Europe, worldwide
Climate change in the pre- instrumental period, including methods
Climate system, its components, feedbacks
Basics of climate modelling, hierarchy of climate models (radiative-convective up to global climate models)
Climate modelling in a regional and local scale, dynamical and statistical downscaling
Radiatively active gases, greenhouse effect, emission scenarios, scenarios (projections) of climate change, uncertainties and their sources
Description of anticipated future climate changes in the Czech Republic and Europe
Attribution of climate change
Climate change impacts on selected sectors; agriculture, forestry, hydrology and water sources, human health
Carbon cycle, adaptation and mitigation measures
Literature:
Jacques, G., Le Treut, H.: Climate Change
Schlesinger, M.E.: Human-induced Climate Change
Climate Change 2007: Contributions of Working Groups I, II, III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC
Annotation
The aim is to make students acquianted with the topic of global climate change and climate modelling, in the direction both towards past, present, and future.