Course: Special Topics of Earth System Science, Seminar (1201-621)

Persons:

• Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer (verantwortlich)

Type of Course:

seminar

In-Class Hours Per Week:

4

Contents:

Current problems in Earth System Science are introduced and analyzed by the students. Examples are volcanic ash outbreaks, extreme weather events, land-surface-atmosphere exchange, geoengineering. The problems are split with respect to the representation by various disci-plines in Earth System Science and transformed into simple models with non-linear interactions between the components

Literature:

Will be presented in the seminar

Location:

Hohenheim

Remarks:

Late-breaking topics in Earth System Science will be introduced and analyzed.

Module:

• 1201-620 Special Topics of Earth System Science (compulsory)