EAE1011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Negative Feedback, Positive Feedback, Climate Change

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Eae1011 lecture 7 - earth, atmosphere and environment. The earth system is complex and has many components. All the (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts (cid:373)atte(cid:396) a(cid:374)d pla(cid:455) ke(cid:455) (cid:396)oles i(cid:374) (cid:373)ai(cid:374)tai(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the ea(cid:396)th(cid:859)s (cid:272)li(cid:373)ate. Many of the components are coupled to each other (e. g. , land-atmosphere interaction) A coupling is a one way linkage whereby one component of a system affects another component: e. g. , hu(cid:396)(cid:396)i(cid:272)a(cid:374)es (cid:272)ool the (cid:449)ate(cid:396) (cid:271)e(cid:374)eath the(cid:373) lea(cid:448)i(cid:374)g a (cid:858)(cid:272)old (cid:449)ake(cid:859) Positi(cid:448)e (cid:272)oupli(cid:374)g: a (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t (cid:858)a(cid:859) (cid:272)auses a (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge of the sa(cid:373)e sig(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t (cid:858)b(cid:859) Negati(cid:448)e (cid:272)oupli(cid:374)g: a (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t (cid:858)a(cid:859) (cid:272)auses a (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge of opposi(cid:374)g sig(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)t (cid:858)b(cid:859) Negative coupling: evaporation -> soil moisture. Easier waycount the number of negative couplings (indicated by circles). If the number is even (0, 2, 4) the feedback is positive, if odd (1, 3) the feedback is negative! Dese(cid:396)ti (cid:272)atio(cid:374) is a positi(cid:448)e feed(cid:271)a(cid:272)k p(cid:396)o(cid:272)ess that is a (cid:373)ajo(cid:396) th(cid:396)eat to (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:396)egio(cid:374)s of the world.

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