CONS 425 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Climate Sensitivity, Headon, Global Warming Potential
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Hisham zerriffi (with some slides courtesy of milind kandlikar) Weather varies within a day (diurnal), and on a daily, monthly, and annual basis. Measured in terms of surface temperature, precipitation, wind speed, cloud cover, soil moisture. Industrial era saw rapid rise in carbon and other ghg emissions. Changing the energy balance of the earth. Earth systems adjust in response impacts. H2o = 0-3% m o c t r a g n i m r a w l a b o l g w w w e d h o. Modification of a figure from kump, kasting, crane earth system . No convection and movement of heat within the troposphere. No heating and cooling of water vapor. Albedo is both at the earth"s surface and within the atmosphere. But a pretty good model at the aggregate scale other wise. More greenhouse gases => more trapping of infra-red heat =>