Merge pull request #208 from sophmaca/main

Adding a paleo challenge

notebooks/challenge/paleo/paleo.ipynb

@@ -5,7 +5,15 @@
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    "source": [
-    "# Paleo"
+    "# Paleo",
+    "\n",
+    "Paleoclimatology is the study of ancient climate variability and change, before the availability of instrumental records. \n",
+    "\n",
+    "Paleoclimatology relies on a combination of physical, biological, and chemical proxies of past environmental and climate change, such as glacial ice, tree rings, sediments, corals, and cave mineral deposits. \n",
+    "\n",
+    "CESM is widely used for paleoclimate studies. \n",
+    "\n",
+    "CESM simulations of past climates are a tool to better understand and interpret proxy reconstructions and to evaluate CESM skill in simulating out-of-sample climate states. \n"
    ]
   },
   {
@@ -17,7 +25,23 @@
    "source": [
     "## Learning Goals\n",
     "\n",
-    "- Blabla"
+    "- Student will learn how to modify Earth's orbital configuration in CESM for a simple paleoclimate experiment. \n",
+    "- Student will learn how to validate that the orbital modification is implemented properly. \n",
+    "- Student will learn how to quickly compare differences in paleo and preindustrial CESM runs using NCO and Ncview. \n"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "b6f4905b-cd2a-454e-89cf-ccc585c90247",
+   "metadata": {
+    "tags": []
+   },
+   "source": [
+    "## Exercise Details\n",
+    "\n",
+    "- This exercise uses the same code base as the rest of the tutorial. \n",
+    "- You will be using the B1850 compset at the f19_g17 resolution. \n",
+    "- You will run a preindustrial control simulation and a simple mid-Holocene simulation. \n"
    ]
   },
   {