EAS 5555

Theory and Practice of Earth System Modeling

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This class will present an introductory overview of the common methodological approaches used today for numerical weather prediction and global climate modeling. Technical skills and in-depth understanding of the approaches will be emphasized through short weekly reading assignments and programming activities. An historical perspective on weather and climate modeling will be covered as well in the scope of this course because it helps put state-of-the-art numerical modeling in an appropriate context. Final projects will include running a weather or climate model on the National Center for Atmospheric Research's Cheyenne supercomputer, or other supercomputing facilities if students have access to other resources they would like to use. Cloud computing based solutions to numerical weather and climate modeling will also be covered.

Prerequisites MATH 1920 or MATH 2130, PHYS 2208, EAS 3050.

Exploratory Studies (CU-CEL, CU-SBY, CU-UGR)

Last 1 Terms Offered 2024SP

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