Down to Earth Climate Science: Engaging Tomorrow's Leaders Today

Lead PI: Dr Linda E Sohl

Unit Affiliation: Center for Climate Systems Research (CCSR)

January 2012 - December 2013
Inactive
North America ; Riverside, CA
Project Type: Research

DESCRIPTION: This subaward supported the training of undergrads, grad students, and faculty in the use of global climate models, as part of a larger joint UCR/JPL project to produce an innovative curriculum centered on data collections and Earth system models available from NASA and NASA data center web pages.

OUTCOMES: Undergrads, grad students, and faculty in the Dept of Earth Sciences were trained in the use of EdGCM, with the goal of enabling students to use EdGCM for their own projects, as well as to introduce climate modeling materials into the department's curriculum.

SPONSOR:

University of California, Riverside

ORIGINATING SPONSOR:

National Aeronautics & Space Administration

FUNDED AMOUNT:

$6,123

EXTERNAL COLLABORATORS:

University of California, Riverside

WEBSITE:

https://newsroom.ucr.edu/2492

KEYWORDS

science education climate change education global climate models

THEMES

Modeling and Adapting to Future Climate