| NATS 101 Lecture 32 Climate Change (contŐd) |
| Outline |
| Slide 3 |
| Slide 4 |
| Slide 5 |
| Slide 6 |
| IPCC 2007 Report on Climate |
| Nobel Peace Prize |
| GLOBAL Energy Flow Thru Atmosphere |
| Global Atmo Energy Balance |
| The Natural Greenhouse Effect: clear sky |
| Changing CO2 concentrations |
| Global Atmo Energy Imbalance |
| Radiative Forcing (RF)
Components {Global-average estimates and ranges; typical geographical extent and assessed level of scientific understanding} |
| Stefan-BoltzmannŐs Law (review from Lecture 5) |
| Change in IR Emission to Space |
| Change in IR Emission to Space |
| Change in IR Emission to Space (contŐd) |
| Anthropogenically-Caused Warming |
| Complexity of Climate System |
| Closer Look at Climate System |
| Climate Feedback Mechanisms |
| Positive and Negative Feedbacks |
| Positive and Negative Feedbacks |
| Positive and Negative Feedbacks |
| Complexities of GHG caused Warming |
| SVP and Temperature (from Lecture 9) |
| Water vapor increase at higher temperatures |
| The Natural Greenhouse Effect: clear sky |
| Upper Tropospheric Water Vapor Trends |
| Observational Evidence of Water Vapor Feedback |
| Land surface temperatures are rising faster than SSTs |
| Slide 33 |
| Snow cover and Arctic sea ice are decreasing |
| Slide 35 |
| Sea level is rising: |
| Slide 37 |
| Slide 38 |
| Surface melt on Greenland |
| Greenland ice mass budget |
| Key Points: Climate Change |
| Key Points: Climate Change |
| Assignment for Next Lectures |