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European Climate Change
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 15:36:18
Abstract
The lecture provides an overview of climate change in Europe, from a physical and atmospheric science perspective. It covers the following topics:• observational datasets, observation and detection of climate change;• underlying physical processes and feedbacks;• numerical and statistical approaches;• currently available projections.
Objective
At the end of this course, participants should: • understand the key physical processes shaping climate change in Europe; • know about the methodologies used in climate change studies, encompassing observational, numerical, as well as statistical approaches; • be familiar with relevant observational and modeling data sets; • be able to tackle simple climate change questions using available data sets.
Content
Contents: • global context • observational data sets, analysis of climate trends and climate variability in Europe • global and regional climate modeling • statistical downscaling • key aspects of European climate change: intensification of the water cycle, Polar and Mediterranean amplification, changes in extreme events, changes in hydrology and snow cover, topographic effects • projections of European and Alpine climate change
Resources
Lecture Notes
Slides and lecture notes will be made available athttp://www.iac.ethz.ch/edu/courses/master/electives/european-climate-change.html
General Information
- Language
- English
- Levels
- MSC
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- graded semester performance
Course Components
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| lecture with exercise |
European Climate Change
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2 h weekly |
Offered In
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Electives (The students are free to choose individually from the entire course offer of ETH Zürich and the universities of Zürich and Bern.)
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Climate Processes and Feedbacks (Two additional courses are offered in HS by University of Berne.)
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