Climate Change Modelling detailed syllabus for Environmental Engineering (Env) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Env students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Environmental Engineering 5th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Env 5th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Professional Elective-II scheme and its subjects refer to Env Professional Elective-II syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of climate change modelling is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLIMATE VARIABILITY Introduction- atmosphere – weather and climate – climate parameters (Temperature, Rainfall, Humidity, Wind etc.,) Equations governing the atmosphere – numerical weather prediction models – introduction to GCMs – applications in climate change projections
Unit II
IPCC CLIMATE SCENARIOS Intergovernmental PANEL on Climate Change (IPCC) – an overview – key assumptions -Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP 2.6, 4.5, 6.0, 8.5)
Unit III
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Unit IV
DOWNSCALING GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL – AN OVERVIEW Need for downscaling – selection of GCMs for regional climate change studies – ensemble theory selection of ensembles, model domain (Spatial domain and temporal domain), Resolution and climate variables – lateral boundary conditions – methods of downscaling (Statistical and Dynamical) – examples from each and their limitations.
Unit V
ANALYSIS AND POST PROCESSING Model validation and calibration- evaluating model performance- post processing – introduction to analysis tools – Ferret, R, Grads, IDL, SPSS, ArcGIS – climate change impact – vulnerability assessment-case studies-Adaptation strategies
Course Outcomes:
- On completion of the course, the student is expected to be able to
- Understand the basics of climate change and variability
- Comprehend the latest IPCC climate scenarios
- Gain in-depth knowledge on climate models
- Downscale of climate scenarios through different modelling techniques, and validate climate models
- Post process the model outputs for climate impact assessment, know about adaptation strategies
Reference Books:
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For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Environmental Engineering 5th Sem, visit Env 5th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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