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Climate Change - Facts and uncertainties

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2016

G. Komen
G. Komen*
Affiliation:
Climate Dynamics, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric research Utrecht (IMAU), Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Internet:http://home.hetnet.nI/~g.j.komen. Email:[email protected]
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The Earth’ climate is a complex system consisting of the atmosphere, the ocean and the land surface. This system receives energy from the sun. Latitudinal variations in insolation and the rotation of the Earth lead to a complex turbulent geophysical flow which induces important transports of heat and mass. Part of the solar radiation is reflected, the rest is radiated as long wave radiation. The radiative balance is complicated by atmospheric water vapour and other trace gases, clouds, heat transport and other factors.

Type
Research Article
Information
Netherlands Journal of Geosciences , Volume 87 , Issue 3 , September 2008 , pp. 197 - 199
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Copyright © Stichting Netherlands Journal of Geosciences 2008

References

1 For a more extensive account of this view, see my weblog ‘Uncertainties in climate prediction’ on Climate Science (http://climatesci.org/2008/07/07/guest-weblogby-gerbrand-komen).

2 See http://www.ipcc.ch/pdf/assessment-report/ar4/syr/ar4_syr.pdf.