ESYS 10:  Lecture 5


 

Topics (with selected links):

Atmospheric composition nitrogen, oxygen, argon, and some other stuff
Atmospheric Composition (Florida State University)
Atmospheric Composition and structure (UWSP)
Earth's atmosphere (NASA)

Atmospheric structure layers of the atmosphere
Earth's atmospheric layers and long-term temperature trends

Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse Effect and enhanced greenhouse effect (George Mason University)
Bad Greenhouse (why the term greenhouse effect is not the same as global warming)
How "greenhouse effect" works (USA Today Weather)

Clouds and radiation
Cloud types (Plymouth State University)
Cloud types (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, NOAA)

Climate modeling and climate feedbacks
World Climate Research Programme
Climate Change 2001 (IPCC)
Climate Change Solutions