ATS 350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Rain Gauge, Sulfur, Northern Hemisphere
12 Dec 2017
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Chapters 14 & 15 (50%), and 18 (50%) Lecture notes for chapters 14, 15, and 18 (thunderstorms and severe weather to the end of class) The accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events over a long period of time. Studies of ice cores, coral, tree rings, etc . Document large variations in global and regional climate. Climate can change in response to different factors: Before the instrumental record (thermometers, rain gauges), we have been able to reconstruct climate of the past using a variety of different methods: Data derives from these methods are typically called (cid:862)climate pro(cid:454)(cid:455) data(cid:863: not direct measurements, but stand in for the more specific measurements from a thermometer or rain gauge. The width and density of growth in tree rings can give information about the temperature and precipitation during different years. Has been used to derive climate information for the last 10,000 years combining live and dead trees (bristlecone pines).
