GGR214H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aerosol, Soot, Radiative Cooling
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Atmosphere the layer of gases that surrounds a planet or other celestial body: tb moon does not have an atmosphere. Two main branches of weater and climate: meteorology study of atmospheric processes, responsible for weather, climatology the study of the climate. Weather is short term, climate is long term. Diagram 1 weather forecasting map: generated for diff layers of the atmosphere, changes with each layer, will be able to see which way the wind is going and the weather. Diagram 2 coloured: high pressures and low pressures, will understand why its curved and all the dips. Climate a direct result of the location of a place: latitude, high latitude (polar) climate vs low latitude (equatorial) climate, coastal regions. Victoria vs winnipeg: climate normal avg of the last 3 decades, pearson 1981- 2010, temperature and precipitation, shows max, min, and avg temp. Earth atmosphere system: litho rocks, bio life, hydro water, cryo frozen things, atmos air.
