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What if the government shutdown forced the closing of the water cycle?

What if the government shutdown forced the closing of the water cycle?. A thought experiment Douglas Miller – UNC Asheville. http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/kgo/cms_exf_2007/news/local/san_francisco/9270008_600x338.jpg. Outline. What is a thought experiment?

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What if the government shutdown forced the closing of the water cycle?

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  1. What if the government shutdown forced the closing of the water cycle? A thought experiment Douglas Miller – UNC Asheville http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/kgo/cms_exf_2007/news/local/san_francisco/9270008_600x338.jpg

  2. Outline What is a thought experiment? Impact of water vapor source shutdown Global circulation Synoptic scale weather Hurricanes Tornadoes

  3. Outline What is a thought experiment? Impact of water vapor source shutdown Global circulation Synoptic scale weather Hurricanes Tornadoes

  4. What is a thought experiment?

  5. Government shutdown  shutdown of water vapor-making processes Our thought experiment

  6. Stepped Art Fig. 2-3, p. 30

  7. Our thought experiment Government shutdown  shutdown of water vapor-making processes Not allowed… liquid  vapor ice  vapor X evaporation (or transpiration) sublimation

  8. Our thought experiment X X Government shutdown  shutdown of water vapor-making processes

  9. Our thought experiment X X Within one week, water vapor would reach a minimum value no more cloud production  no more precipitation

  10. Outline What is a thought experiment? Impact of water vapor source shutdown Global circulation Synoptic scale weather Hurricanes Tornadoes

  11. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on global circulation

  12. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on global circulation

  13. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on global circulation X reduced increased

  14. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on global circulation increased X reduced X

  15. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on global circulation

  16. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on global circulation Would the global circulation still happen? Yes, likely weaker

  17. Outline What is a thought experiment? Impact of water vapor source shutdown Global circulation Synoptic scale weather Hurricanes Tornadoes

  18. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on synoptic scale weather

  19. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on synoptic scale weather

  20. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on synoptic scale weather

  21. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on synoptic scale weather

  22. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on synoptic scale weather Would the synoptic scale weather still happen? Yes, likely weaker

  23. Outline What is a thought experiment? Impact of water vapor source shutdown Global circulation Synoptic scale weather Hurricanes Tornadoes

  24. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on hurricanes

  25. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on hurricanes http://people.cas.sc.edu/carbone/modules/mods4car/tropcycl/pages/easterlywave.html

  26. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on hurricanes

  27. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on hurricanes

  28. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on hurricanes

  29. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on hurricanes Would hurricanes still happen? No!!! Ivan, Sept. 2004

  30. Outline What is a thought experiment? Impact of water vapor source shutdown Global circulation Synoptic scale weather Hurricanes Tornadoes

  31. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on tornadoes http://okcstormwatcher.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/tornado-emergency-in-tuscaloosa-alabama/

  32. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on tornadoes

  33. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on tornadoes

  34. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on tornadoes

  35. Impact of water vapor source shutdown on tornadoes Would tornadoes still happen? No!!!

  36. The end of our thought experiment

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