ENVS 224 Study Guide - Final Guide: Solar Irradiance, Orbital Eccentricity, Climate Sensitivity
4 Dec 2018
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The number of sunspots influence climate because when sunspots occur, they. Orbital eccentricity ranges from a perfect circle to an oval and back to a. Chapter 3 hw instructor rick di maio. How do we know that the observed warming since 1975 is not caused by sunspots? increase the total solar irradiance (or solar flares). Describe one large positive radiative forcing agent and one large negative radiative forcing agent. Radiative forcing is the change in the net downward minus upward irradiance measured at the troposphere due to an external driver of climate change. It refers to the imbalance in the energy that is gained and lost by the earth. One large positive radiative forcing agent is melting of ice and it being replaced by dark sea water. Aerosols can also be absorbed into the clouds, which increases the amount of rain drops from the clouds but decreases the size of the rain drops: define climate sensitivity.
