EARTHSS 19 Lecture 4: Lab Lecture #4
7 Feb 2019
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Add different surface types, with different albedos: the new albedo is 0. 16. This temperature has decreased considering a higher albedo (temperature from part a was 300. 424k). Part c. add sea ice: the new albedo is 0. 30 and the temperature is 287. 044k. This is what is expected because when factoring in sea ice, it should raise albedo and lower temperature. Part d. interaction of sea ice and temperature: we can change the equation for sea ice to be dependent on temperature. When running the model for 100 days we can see that temperature has increased bringing it back to a value of 288. 078k. The albedo has decreased back to a value of 0. 29 and areasi stays constant at a value close to 0. This could mean that temperature is impacting sea ice greatly and decreasing its coverage: when we change the initial energy to 10% less than the original, we can see that sea.
