SIO15 Lecture 15: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climategabi/sio15/pdfs/Lecture15.pdf · 2016. 10....

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SIO15 Lecture 15: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate Leftovers from Lecture 14 Climate and Weather The Two Controlling Factors of Climate Seasons (will be taught in discussion sessions)/short Video 15a Albedo and Energy Budget Climate Zones Miscellaneous idealized Earth real Earth The Oceans as Climate Moderators Greenhouse Gases and the Greenhouse Effect heat capacity oceanic global conveyor

Transcript of SIO15 Lecture 15: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climategabi/sio15/pdfs/Lecture15.pdf · 2016. 10....

  • SIO15 Lecture 15: Earth’s Atmosphere and ClimateLeftovers from Lecture 14

    Climate and Weather

    The Two Controlling Factors of Climate

    Seasons (will be taught in discussion sessions)/short Video 15a

    Albedo and Energy Budget

    Climate Zones

    Miscellaneous

    idealized Earth real Earth

    The Oceans as Climate Moderators

    Greenhouse Gases and the Greenhouse Effect

    heat capacity oceanic global conveyor

  • Pressure and Density as Function of Altitude

    Composition of Earth’s Atmosphere

    Atmospheric Layers

    Temperature as Function of Altitude

    Moist and Dry Air

    San Diego as an Example

    Review from Lecture 2: Latent Heat

    watch short video 15b

    watch short video 15b

    ocean currentsrole of oceans