'Summer temperature' presentation slideshows

Glaciers (Part I)

Glaciers (Part I). What is a glacier? Where are glaciers found? What is climate effect on glaciers?. What is a glacier?. Mass of moving glacial ice created by the accumulation of snow glaciers always moving forward at terminus ice & water move forward. Typical glacier system in

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NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS

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The Chronology and Stratigraphy of the Little Ice Age

The Chronology and Stratigraphy of the Little Ice Age. Presented by Sara Peek November 27, 2006. Overview. Background Use of dendrochronology and lichenometry to date coarse warming Varved sediments provide a more continuous climate record Ice core records imply a worldwide event.

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Antarctic Airborne Measurements

Antarctic Airborne Measurements. Tom Lachlan-Cope (Alexandra Weiss, Russ Ladkin) British Antarctic Survey. Instruments. Temperature + Humidity Radiation Turbulence (wind) Fast Temperature, Humidity and CO2 Cloud probe Aerosol Camera Laser Altimeter Surface temperature.

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Thermal Response of Climate System

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MET 112 Global Climate Change -

MET 112 Global Climate Change -. A few more Words Natural Climate Forcing. Variations in solar output Orbital variations Meteors. External Forcing. SOLAR ACTIVITY. Sunspots are the most familiar type of solar activity. THE SOLAR CYCLE. Sunspot numbers increase and decrease

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Water as an Environment Oxygen Profiles Light Part 2

Water as an Environment Oxygen Profiles Light Part 2. Oxygen in Aquatic Systems. Oxygen is needed by aquatic organisms < 3 mg/L is lethal to fish) Oxygen solubility in water decreases with increasing water temperature (fig 2.4 ) At room temperature, water contains about 8.5 mg/L DO

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Climatic variations over time and space

Climatic variations over time and space. MJ Harris August 2003. Aims. To understand that climate varies over different time scales:. Millions of years Thousands of years Hundreds of years Seasonally/Annually Daily (Diurnally). Geological time - millions of years.

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Climate Change Highlands, NC

Climate Change Highlands, NC. Jake Anderson, Lauren Davis, Dale Hammer, Bryce Koukopoulos, Mary Ellen Pearce,. Annual Temperature. Annual Precipitation. Winter Temperature. Average January Temperatures from 1893-2009. Average February Temperatures from 1893-2009. Winter Temperature.

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EMEP/EEA guidebook updating 4D NH3 from mineral fertilisers

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Origins & Evolution: informatics activities and needs

Origins & Evolution: informatics activities and needs . Steve Brooks Natural History Museum London, UK. Rationale. u se NHM Life Science collections to investigate response of organisms to climate change. Focus. p henology m orphometry n iche

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The Prairie Plains

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Chapter 3

Chapter 3. Par 3: Rivers of ice. Greenland; Elephant foot glacier. Argentina; glacial terminus. Firn basin. Debris. Glacier : An ice field that is moving very slowly down a mountain. Lateral moraine. Aletsch Glacier Switzerland, largest glacier of the Alps. Glacial tunnel.

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