EAS 1600 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sulfate Aerosol, Sea Level Rise, Feedback

• School: Georgia Tech
• Department: Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Course: EAS 1600
• Professor: Jennifer Glass

Document Summary

Na(cid:373)e 2 e(cid:374)(cid:448)iro(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal (cid:862)success stories(cid:863: the ozone hole, acid rain. Name at least 5 modern environmental problems: pollution, hydrofracking, soil loss, sea level rise, greenhouse warming, deforestation, hypoxia. Name at least 1 geological archive of past climate records: vostok ice cores: reveal positive correlation between atmospheric co2 and temperature, tropical corals: date old corals to reconstruct temperatures from many millennia ago. 2 types of disturbances and examples of each: perturbations: temporary disturbance of a system. Rules for positive vs. negative feedback loops: odd number of negative couplings = negative feedback loop, even number of negative couplings = positive feedback loop, only positive couplings = positive feedback loop. Type of feedback loop for stable vs. unstable equilibrium state: positive feedback loop = unstable, negative feedback loop = stable. Temperature (in c and k) of ice liquid waterwater vapor transitions. Ice liquid water: 273k, 0 c: liquid water water vapor transitions: 373k, 100 c.