The Sun (Week 1 - August 17)

1. Solar Radiation - Part 1:

   Energy, Radiative Flux, and Earth's Energy Input

2. Solar Radiation - Part 2:

    Stefan-Boltzmann Law and Wien's Law

3. Solar Radiation - Part 3:

    The Solar Constant

Global Energy Balance (Week 2 - August 24)

1. Global Energy Balance 1 (Black Earth) 

2. Global Energy Balance 2 (Gray Earth)

3. Global Energy Balance 3 (Full Story)

Vertical Atmospheric Structure (Week 3 - August 31)

1. Pressure in the Atmosphere

2. Vertical Temperature Structure

3. Temperature Profile of Troposphere

4. Temperature Profile of Stratosphere

Greenhouse Effect 

(Week 4 - September 10)

1. Composition of Atmosphere

2. Idealized Greenhouse Model

3. Atmospheric Emissivity

Atmospheric Circulation I

(Week 5 - September 22)

1. Atmospheric Circulation Intro

2. Coriolis Effect

3. Rossby Number

Atmospheric Circulation II

(Week 6 - September 29)

1. Meridional Circulation

2. Global Surface Winds

Vertical Ocean Structure

(Week 7 - October 5)

1. Ocean Structure 1 - Temperature

2. Ocean Structure 2 - Salinity

3. Ocean Structure 3 - Density

Ocean

Circulation

(Week 8 - October 12)

1. Ocean Circulation 1 - Wind Driven

2. Ocean Circulation 2 - Thermohaline

3. Ocean Circulation 3 - Global Conveyor Belt

Land Ice

(Week 9 - October 19)

1. Land Ice 1 - Formation

2. Land Ice 2 - Antarctica and Greenland

3. Land Ice 3 - Sea Level Rise

Sea Ice

(Week 10 - November 2)

1. Sea Ice 1 - Formation

2. Sea Ice 2 - Arctic and Southern Ocean

3. Sea Ice 3 - Role in the Climate System

Climate Models

(Week 11 - November 9)

1. Climate Models 1 - Complexity Spectrum

2. Climate Models 2 - GCMs

3. Climate Models 3 - GCMs & the IPCC

Observing the Climate 

(Week 12 - November 16)

1. Climate Observing 1 - Intro

2. Climate Observing 2 - Satellites

3. Climate Observing 3 - Argo

4. Climate Observing 4 - Balloons and Stations