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2 - Climate Science 101

from Section I - Climate Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 February 2022

Wake Smith
Wake Smith
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Harvard University, Massachusetts
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This is our quick jog through climate science, intended to ground future climate discussions in a solid factual context. We review: the earth’s energy budget via the Trenberth diagram; the role of greenhouse gases, the Keeling Curve, and global warming potential; atmospheric structure and the environmental lapse rate; global atmospheric and oceanic circulations; paleoclimatology over both the last million and the last 1,500 years; and the role of oceans and ice.

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earth’s energy budgetTrenberth diagramatmosphereKeeling Curveglobal warming potentialtank and flowalbedolapse ratetroposphere,stratosphereBrewer-Dobson circulationcoriolis effectpaleoclimatologyMilankovitch cycles
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Pandora's Toolbox
The Hopes and Hazards of Climate Intervention
 , pp. 16 - 36
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Climate Science 101
  • Wake Smith, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Pandora's Toolbox
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009008877.002
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  • Climate Science 101
  • Wake Smith, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Pandora's Toolbox
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009008877.002
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  • Climate Science 101
  • Wake Smith, Harvard University, Massachusetts
  • Book: Pandora's Toolbox
  • Online publication: 24 February 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009008877.002
Available formats
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