EVSC 1450 Lecture 6: 06: A Simple Climate Model II

• School: University of Virginia
• Department: Environmental Sciences
• Course: EVSC 1450
• Professor: Lawrence Deborah

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Office hours 2-4:30 today clark hall 216. Write down e in = e out -- fundamental constraint on climate. Fraction reflected by clouds, ice, land surface. All objects emit energy based on their temperature. Planets have an equilibrium temperature, based on e in = e out. If perturbed, planet will return to equilibrium temperature. Set e in = e out to find that temperature. E out -- temperature determines e out. Equilibrium temperature derived from e in = e out, solve for t. Opaque to infrared (earth"s black body radiation)