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| The Electromagnetic Spectrum |
| Fig. 4.12 Energy budget by latitude, p. 93. |
| Fig 4.10
Detail of the Earth-atmosphere energy balance, p. 92. . |
| The Earth-Atmosphere Heating & Cooling System |
| More verbal description of EARTH-ATMOSPHERE ENERGY FLUX SYSTEM |
| Atmospheric Heating & Cooling Subsystem |
| Heating and cooling of EARTH SUB-SYSTEM: |
| Next Topics |
| Learning objectives |
| Fig. 5.2 Temperature scales, p. 109. |
| Determinants of Daily and Seasonal Surface Air Temperature Patterns |
| Isotherms |
| Fig. 4.14 Daily radiation curves. |
| Principal Temperature Controls |
| Surface winds in the two hemispheres |
| Coriolis Animation: part 1 |
| Coriolis Animation: part 2 |
| The Coriolis Effect |
| Figure 6.7a Pressure gradient, p. 137. |
| Figure 6.7b Pressure gradient + Coriolis forces (upper level winds), p. 137. |
| Figure 6.7c Pressure gradient + Coriolis + friction forces (surface winds), p. 137. |
| Upper Air Geostrophic Wind in N. Hemisphere |
| Temperature change for past 1800 years |
| Temperature over past 1000 years |
| Global temperature and radiative forcing |
| Ocean vs land heat content |
| Various temperature graphs |
| Patterns of climate change |