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This website features work from the completion of Phase 1 of the SCALES Project.

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Chemistry

  • Problem Set 5: Convection

    Problem set for the course Physics and Chemistry of Terrestrial Planets. 

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  • Problem Set 4: Conduction and Subsidence

    Problem set for the course Physics and Chemistry of Terrestrial Planets. 

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  • Problem Set 3: Seismology

    Problem set for the course Physics and Chemistry of Terrestrial Planets. 

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  • Problem Set 2: Moment of Inertia

    Problem set for the course Physics and Chemistry of Terrestrial Planets. 

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  • Problem Set 1: Geochronology and the Age of the Solar System

    Problem set for the course Physics and Chemistry of Terrestrial Planets. 

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  • Ocean and Climate

    Problem set focused on paleoclimate from the course Climate Physics and Chemistry.

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  • Graduate Course Project

    Each graduate student taking this class for credit should decide on a term-project. We ask for a 10-page written report (maximum length), and a 20 minute oral presentation to the class before the end of term. Undergraduates do not have to give an oral report (but may, if they wish) and a six-page paper is acceptable. Projects can expand on something covered in class, or be some climate-relevant project not touched upon. In the past, most such projects have been reviews of some interesting topics. A few students have succeeded in doing an original piece of work, but this is certainly not a requirement.

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  • Ocean Carbon System

    In this problem set you will calculate the amount of anthropogenic CO2 taken up by the ocean when ocean parameters have changed in response to global climate change.

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  • Ocean Physics and Climate

    The object of this problem set is to explore climate sensitivity in a slightly more complex version of the multi-level radiative-convective model discussed in class.

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  • Paleoclimate

    Problem set focused on paleoclimate from the course Climate Physics and Chemistry.

    Read more: Paleoclimate

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