Climate and Climate Change

General atmospheric circulation.
Planetary energy budget. Water balance. Hydrological cycle. Carbon cycle.
Climate categorization.
The greenhouse gases and air particles: Sources and their role.
The atmosphere and the climate system. Chemical and physical processes related with the balance of the four cycles (radiation balance, water vapour balance, energy balance, atmospheric motion).
Natural variability of the atmosphere and oceans. Anthropogenic changes.
Mechanisms and time of atmosphere-ocean-land interaction. Climatic Climatic coercion.
Potential of global warming.
Basic equations of climate simulations. Initial and boundary conditions. Feedback mechanisms