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Title of Course

Climate Dynamics for Natural Resources (NR 806)

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Credit Sructure

        L            T          P           C

        3            0           0            6

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Prerequisite, if any (for the students)

Nil

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Course Content

Climate and Climate System – Principles, Scales, Energy and Water Budget; Global and local circulation models; Natural variability and anthropogenic climate change; Global warming and its inter-relationship with climate change, Sea level rise, Fresh water resources, land use/land cover, crops’ productivity; Climate Dataset from operational satellite, Atmospheric data assimilation, earth observation system and simulated dataset for climatic study; Parameterization of land-atmosphere – ocean interaction, Climate models and its validation.

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Text / References

1.      Robinson Walter A., Modeling dynamic climate systems, Springer-verlag, 2001.

2.      Kelvin E. Trenberth, Climate system modeling, Cambridge University press, 1992.

3.      Arther P. Cracknell, Remote sensing and climate change, Springer/Praxis Pub., 2001.

4.      John Houghton, Global warming, Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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Instructor(s) name

Dr. M. V. R. Murti

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Name of Other departments to whom the course is relevant

CESE, Civil Engineering, Earth Sciences

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Justification

Climate change and its impact on the natural resources has acquired greater importance worldwide due to its perceived impact on Humankind. Proposed curriculum is designed with a view to