Guia docente 2016_17 Facultade de Ciencias do Mar

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Climate	Components of the climatic system. Modelling and climatic prediction. Changes in the climate. Mechanisms of feedback. Perturbations in the climatic system.
History and introduction to the climatic models	Introduction to the modelling. Types of models. History of the models for the study of the climate. Sensitivity of the climatic models. Parametrisation of the climatic processes.
Models of balance of energy	Energy Budget Structure of the models of balance of energy. Parametrisations. Models of Box. Models of balance of energy.
Radiative-convective models	Structure of the radiative-convective model. Calculation of the radiation and convective adjust . Development of the radiative-convective model
Two-dimensional models	Main characteristics of the two-dimensional models. Comparison between two-dimensional and three-dimensional models. Climatic models of intermediate Complexity
Climatic models of general circulation	Structure of the climatic models of general circulation. Climatic models of general circulation in cartesian grid. Spectral climatic models of general circulation. Parametrisations. Models joined up ocean-atmosphere.
Practical examples	Examples of simple models. Examples of models of intermediate complexity. Examples of models of general circulation.