GEOG 040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Global Warming Potential, Subsolar Point, Human Impact On The Environment
13 Dec 2018
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Weather is the state of the atmosphere at a specific place and time: short term. Climate is the average values of weather variables over long periods of time. In the tropical monsoon areas much more rain occurs and specifically in the summer months. In the tropical savanna areas that are on the edges of the subtropical highs there are prolonged dry seasons from april to september: arid and semiarid (b) climates are above and below the tropics of capricorn and. Climate change is not linear, it has dips and bumps, but the general trend is a warming climate. Global warming potential describes the potential a greenhouse gas has to warm the atmosphere. Radiative forcings are the role of atmospheric constituents and land surfaces in altering energy fluxes: can cause more energy to be removed from the earth, or for it to be held on to. Alters the temperature at the surface of the earth.
