Investigations in Climate Change

by Neel Desai and Alicia Mullens

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Built on the belief that learning works best hands-on, this Meteorology Laboratory Manual gives students a practical way to explore climate change through real principles, concepts, and historical data. Its flexible mix of multiple-choice and short-answer questions works equally well in person or remote, with each investigation taking about 2 to 3 hours, ideal for a standard one-unit lab course, and point values instructors can easily adjust to fit their own needs.

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Publisher
De Anza College
Subjects
Geosciences
Licence
CC BY 4.0, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Tweens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Program Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Licensing
  7. Accessibility Statement
  8. About the Lab Manual
  9. About the Authors
  10. 1: Orientation Lab
  11. 1.1: Lab Procedures
  12. 1.2: Maps and Geography
  13. 1.3: Longitude and Latitude
  14. 1.4: Global Warming vs. Climate Change
  15. 1.5: Accessible Descriptions
  16. 2: Defining Earth's Climate
  17. 2.1: Factors affecting the Climate
  18. 2.2: Climate Zones
  19. 2.3: Precipitation
  20. 2.4: Accessible Descriptions
  21. 3: Records of Climate History
  22. 3.1: Climate Data
  23. 3.2: Local Climate Data
  24. 3.3: Annual Climate
  25. 4: Heat and the Greenhouse Effect
  26. 4.1: Heat Transfer
  27. 4.2: Radiation
  28. 4.3: Selective Absorbers and Greenhouse Gases
  29. 4.4: Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide measurements
  30. 4.5: The Greenhouse Effect
  31. 4.6: Accessible Descriptions
  32. 5: Earth's Energy Budget
  33. 5.1: Energy Balance
  34. 5.2: Global Energy Balance
  35. 5.3: Energy Budget and Climate Change
  36. 5.4: Other factors affecting Earth’s Energy Budget
  37. 5.5: Accessible Descriptions
  38. 6: Water and the Climate
  39. 6.1: The Water Cycle
  40. 6.2: Ocean-Atmosphere Interaction
  41. 6.3: Accessible Descriptions
  42. 7: The Carbon Cycle
  43. 7.1: Components of the Carbon Cycle
  44. 7.2: Ocean Acidification and Short Term Carbon Cycle
  45. 7.3: Long Term Carbon Cycle
  46. 7.4: Accessible Descriptions
  47. 8: Global Circulation and El Niño
  48. 8.1: Why the wind blows
  49. 8.2: Other forces acting on the wind
  50. 8.3: Atmospheric Circulation
  51. 8.4: El Niño-Southern Oscillation
  52. 8.5: Accessible Descriptions
  53. 9: Predicting the Future
  54. 9.1: Analog Forecasting
  55. 9.2: Emissions Scenarios
  56. 9.3: Accessible Descriptions
  57. Back Matter
  58. Index
  59. Glossary
  60. Detailed Licensing
  61. Detailed Licensing