[GE CLST M1A] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 32 pages long Study Guide!
29 Nov 2016
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White (ice) reflects light ice won"t melt as fast. Black (soot) absorbs light ice will melt fast. Soot from factories would land on glaciers. 2016: hottest year since beginning of records in 1880. Climate: statistics of weather in a region over long periods of time. Weather: state of the lower atmosphere in one location at one given time. Climate of a location is affected by latitude, terrain, persistent ice/snow cover, and nearby oceans and their currents. Climate types can be classified using parameters (temperature, wind, rain, etc. ) Outflow of earth = reflected light (some radiated) Greenhouse effect: system in which solar radiation is allowed to enter freely and is absorbed, then is re-radiated as infrared radiation. Infrared radiation is then retained in the system. Gases within the earth"s atmosphere allow solar radiation (visible light) to enter. Greenhouse gases (ghgs) absorb outgoing infrared radiation. Atmospheric composition: 78. 08% n2, 20. 95% o2, 0. 93% argon, other permanent gases, variable gases.
