For inspiration, here is a list of titles of all the term projects that have been completed for ATM 623 in previous years.
Some topics have been directly inspired by course content from ATM 623, while others have gone in different directions depending on the research interests of the student.
Spring 2015¶
Patterns of rainfall change under a pseudo-global-warming scenario over Ecuador
Orbital variations versus carbon dioxide: a comparison of climate change effects
Exploring a range of obliquities for exoplanet Kepler 186f
Analyzing Sensitivity of Atmospheric Energy Transport to Orbital Eccentricity and Obliquity
An investigation into the WRF energy balance and energy transport
Investigating vegetation feedback using the single column model
A radiative kernel approach to feedbacks resulting from ocean heat uptake patterns
Analyzing the insensitivity of planetary heat transport to variations in ocean heat transport
Wind farm impacts on land surface temperature in WRF simulations
Spring 2017¶
Changes in Arctic lower tropospheric stability after sea ice loss and sea surface temperature increase
Precipitation characteristics in two CMIP5 models: historical evaluation and future change
Effects of Kuroshio SST perturbations on regional precipitation
How does IPO change the connection between El Niño and Pacific climate variability?
Diurnal cloud variation and temperature range over West Africa and Europe in the GFDL model
The impact of poleward heat transport and surface albedo feedback on polar amplification with global warming
Impact of various SST regimes on rainfall over the Congo
Climate response to Congolese rainforest deforestation
An investigation on the impact of the water vapor feedback on elevation-dependent warming within the Tibetan Plateau
Spring 2019¶
The impacts of the interdecadal Pacific-Atlantic interactions on South American precipitation
Asymmetries between warming and cooling climates and feedback analysis
The effects of increased CO2 on the meridional overturning circulation
Calculating cloud feedbacks using CAM3 kernels
Examining the global energy budget in non-seasonal aquaplanet simulations with varying ocean mixing layer depths
The spatial contribution of water vapor to TOA radiative flux using radiative kernels in RRTMG and CAM3 radiation schemes
Tropospheric polar vortex modification associated with Arctic Amplification by increased CO2
Spring cold air outbreaks in the Northern Midlatitudes: climatology and future projections
Detection and attribution of sea ice loss in Baffin Bay in period of 1979-2018
Polar amplification in a simple Energy Balance Model