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Global Warming II: Create Your Own Models in Python

Master Python programming to build numerical models that simulate Earth's systems and climate dynamics.

Master Python programming to build numerical models that simulate Earth's systems and climate dynamics.

This course, offered by the University of Chicago, provides a series of Python programming exercises to explore numerical modeling in Earth system and climate sciences. It complements the "Global Warming I: The Science and Modeling of Climate Change" course, applying the scientific background to practical modeling. Students will develop models on topics such as energy balance, ice-albedo feedback, ice sheet dynamics, fluid flow, and climate change. The course is suitable for beginners in Python programming and offers a hands-on approach to understanding climate science through computational modeling.

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Global Warming II: Create Your Own Models in Python

This course includes

32 Hours

Of Self-paced video lessons

Beginner Level

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What you'll learn

  • Develop Python programming skills for scientific modeling

  • Create and understand time-dependent energy balance models

  • Model ice-albedo feedback and snowball Earth scenarios

  • Simulate ice sheet dynamics and understand their role in climate

  • Create models of pressure, rotation, and fluid flow in planetary systems

  • Develop a comprehensive model of current climate changes

Skills you'll gain

climate modeling
Python programming
energy balance models
ice-albedo feedback
ice sheet dynamics
fluid flow
climate change simulation

This course includes:

25 Minutes PreRecorded video

6 quizzes

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There are 5 modules in this course

This course provides a comprehensive, hands-on approach to creating numerical models for Earth system and climate sciences using Python. Over five modules, students will develop increasingly complex models addressing various aspects of climate science. The curriculum begins with a time-dependent energy balance model and progresses through iterative runaway ice-albedo feedback models, ice sheet dynamics, pressure and fluid flow simulations, and culminates in a model of current climate changes. Each module combines theoretical background with practical coding exercises, allowing students to apply their learning directly. The course emphasizes both the scientific principles behind climate modeling and the programming skills necessary to implement these models. Through this approach, students gain a deeper understanding of climate science concepts while developing valuable computational skills applicable to scientific research and data analysis.

Time-Dependent Energy Balance Model

Module 1 · 5 Hours to complete

Iterative Runaway Ice-Albedo Feedback Model

Module 2 · 5 Hours to complete

Ice Sheet Dynamics

Module 3 · 5 Hours to complete

Pressure, Rotation, and Fluid Flow

Module 4 · 11 Hours to complete

A Model of Climate Changes Today

Module 5 · 5 Hours to complete

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David Archer
David Archer

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71,331 Students

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Leading Expert on Climate Science and Carbon Cycle

David Archer, a Professor of Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago since 1993, specializes in the global carbon cycle and its impact on climate, particularly through ocean sedimentary processes. He authored The Long Thaw, which won the 2009 Walter P. Kistler Book Award, and co-edited The Warming Papers. His other notable works include The Climate Crisis: an Introductory Guide to Climate Change and Global Warming: Understanding the Forecast. Elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union in 2010, Archer actively engages with the public on climate science through his contributions to realclimate.org and various speaking engagements.

Global Warming II: Create Your Own Models in Python

This course includes

32 Hours

Of Self-paced video lessons

Beginner Level

Completion Certificate

awarded on course completion

2,435

Audit For Free

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