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European Climate Change
Last Updated: 2026-02-05 16:01:02
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
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
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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 Autumn Semester by University of Berne.)
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General Electives (Students may choose General Electives from the entire course programme of ETH Zurich - with the following restrictions: courses that belong to the first or second year of a Bachelor curriculum at ETH Zurich as well as courses from GESS "Science in Perspective" are not eligible here. The following courses are explicitly recommended to physics students by their lecturers. (Courses in this list may be assigned to the category "General Electives" directly in myStudies. For the category assignment of other eligible courses keep the choice "no category" and take contact with the Study Administration ( ) after having received the credits.))
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