EARTHSC 2GG3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Instrumental Temperature Record, Milankovitch Cycles, Shortwave Radiation
1 Oct 2016
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Principles of climate: climate is the weather of an area averaged over a long time, it has significant effects on hazards, involving coastal erosion, hurricanes, thunderstorms, tornadoes, wildfires. June 21): it then tilts away from the sun in winter, with the shortest northern hemisphere day on the winter solstice (usually december 21). ); less than 1% argon (ar); carbon dioxide (co. ), hydrofluorocarbons (hfcs), water vapour: water vapour has the greatest effect as a greenhouse gas (36-66%), then co (9-26%), ch. 3: water vapour is mostly evaporated from the oceans, co. 4 are emitted by erupting volcanoes, animals, decaying vegetation and forest fires: no x are generated during lightning storms, greenhouse gases are also byproducts of human activities such as burning fossil fuels. Carbon cycle: release of carbon dioxide into atmosphere is part of carbon cycle, carbon moves from reservoirs in rocks, in soil, in the ocean, in living organisms, in the atmosphere, co.
