Uncertainty Introduction (30:34 Minute Lecture, slides, pdf): Science does not produce facts; it produces knowledge with a description of uncertainty. Knowledge is imperfect for many reasons. This lectures describes and categorizes different sources of uncertainty, and introduces how to use different sources [...]
Image: Rood family cabin, intact but moved, on the Neuse River, North Carolina, after Hurricane Florence and before Hurricane Dorian (August 2019). What is its future? This course was designed for the Climate and Space (CLaSP) MEng in Applied Climate. It [...]
These are the tags used on my OpenClimate Tumblr site. The goal is to capture news cycles and materials relevant to advising, classes, and research. Richard B (Ricky) Rood. Multiple tagged searches syntax: https://openclimate.tumblr.com/search/%23Inquisición+%23EPA and https://openclimate.tumblr.com/search/%23sea-level-rise+%23service My most used resources: Job Finding, [...]
Takeaways from Climate Change Class If you don't want to spend the time on the course, here are some things worth knowing. We are at the beginning of a long period of sustained climate change. Plan for change. The climate will not [...]
This is a collection of recorded lectures and reference materials that provide an introduction to climate change science. The lectures are in different states of production, and updated occasionally. These lectures are part of Climate / EAS 480 at the University of [...]
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This material has evolved from several years of doing one or two guest lectures in classes at the University of Michigan in many disciplines. The students are usually climate interested, and they want a summary lecture or two. They want to understand the [...]
Picture: Munising Falls, Munising, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula, April 2015. This material has evolved from several years of doing one or two guest lectures in classes at the University of Michigan in many disciplines. The students are usually climate interested, and [...]
This is a collection of recorded lectures that serve as a 1 - 3 hour introduction to climate change science. It is made of two other collections: https://openclimate.org/one-hour-summary-of-climate-change-short-course/ and https://openclimate.org/basics-of-the-causes-of-climate-change/ This material has evolved from several years of doing one or [...]
Figure: Hurricane Isabel on the Chesapeake Bay, Cape Anne, Maryland, 2003. The pier in the picture is normally several feet above the water. Introduction This is the collection of lectures, assignments, and other resources for CLIMATE/EARTH 401 at the University of Michigan. [...]