Summer Teacher Institute Sample Project on Global Climate Modeling

Abstract

Most climate researchers believe that climate change will impact our planet's environment and the world's economy profoundly in the coming decades. Thus, everyone should have a basic knowledge of the Earth's climate system so that informed judgments may be shaped with regard to critical issues.

Using a free NASA global climate model is available for high school and university desktop computers called EdGCM, learn how it works and use it to model a global climate change.

The program is available from http://www.edgcm.org/index.php