GPHY 314 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Outline Of Physical Science, Main Source, Ozone Depletion
31 Oct 2017
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Week 1 lecture 2: weather doesn"t equal climate = long-term variability and change tectonic (300myrs) Historical (2000 yrs) instrumental (ad 1825: 5 components: air, water, ice, land surface, vegetation (all interconnected, 3 natural forcing with different time-scale processes: tectonic. Earth-orbital changes in the sun"s incoming radiations. Ippc = intergovernmental panel on climate change (1988: the most authoritative and comprehensive source of information on climate change, one of the largest and most sophisticated international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviews mechanisms ever established. It does not conduct any research nor monitor climate related data or parameters: comprehensive, objective, open and transparent basis of the latest scientific, technical and socio-economic literature produced worldwide + neutral with respect to policy. Up to others to interpret what the science suggest should be done about climate change. Ipcc = the voice of the scientific establishment on climate change: puts together the best literature together no research, not policy making, 3 main working groups.
