Sumários
Common Fisheries Policy (CFP)
7 Outubro 2019, 08:00 • Rui Rosa
Part I: Introduction to the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) and notions of maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and fishing limits (Total Allowable Catches (TACs)). Examples of TACs in line with MSY.
Principles of the Greenhouse Effect
30 Setembro 2019, 08:00 • Rui Rosa
Radiation balance, visible vs infrared radiation, composition of the atmosphere, Thermals and Evatranspiration, Cloud effects. Greenhouse gases: Atmospheric "window", Carbon dioxide and carbon cycle (and reservoirs), Keeling curve, Methane, Nitrous oxide, ozone and CFCs. Aerosols/sulphur dioxide/acid rain and polar albedo. Global (annual) mean radiative forcings of the different agents.
Basic concepts of the climate system (atmosphere-ocean interactions)
23 Setembro 2019, 08:00 • Rui Rosa
Hadley cells, Coriolis effect, Trade winds, Intertropical Convergence Zone, Western and eastern boundary currents, Ekman spiral, upwelling, thermohaline circulation, oxygen isotopes (18O and 16O), ice and ocean sediment cores, Milutin Milankovitch cycles, Rapid change: The Younger Dryas.