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Climate Change Collection: Climate science

Climate Change Collection: Climate science

Published:
Updated: May 7, 2012, 11:40 am
Topics: Climate Change
This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Peter Saundry
 

Atmosphere

  1. Layers of the atmosphere
  2. Atmospheric composition and structure
  3. Composition
  4. Solar radiation
  5. Atmospheric effects on incoming solar radiation
  6. The greenhouse effect
  7. Greenhouse gases
  8. Aerosols
  9. Atmospheric circulation
  10. Air pollution
  11. Local and regional air pollution effects

Earth

  1. Earth's energy balance
  2. Earth-sun relationships
  3. Albedo
  4. Radiative forcing & damping
  5. Hydrologic cycle
  6. Biogeochemical cycles
    1. Carbon cycle
    2. Oceanic carbon
    3. Sulfur cycle
    4. Nitrogen cycle
    5. Ocean nitrogen

Oceans

  1. Ocean circulation
  2. Glaciers

Earth's climate history

  1. History of climate change and variability
  2. Palaeoclimate
  3. Palaeoclimatic methods
  4. Pre-quaternary climates
  5. Glacial-Interglacial variability and dynamics
  6. The current Interglacial climate
  7. Climate the last 2,000 years

Modeling climate

  1. Advances in climate modeling
  2. Modeling atmospheric processes
    1. Modeling ocean processes
    2. Modeling terrestrial processes
    3. Modeling cryospheric processes
    4. Aerosol modeling and atmospheric chemistry
    5. Coupled models
    6. Atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCM)
  3. Climate sensitivity and feedbacks
  4. Thresholds and abrupt climate change
  5. Evaluation of contemporary climate as simulated by coupled global models
  6. Evaluation of large-scale climate variability as simulated by coupled global models
  7. Modeling climate extremes

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Citation

Maggie Surface (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "Climate Change Collection: Climate science". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth February 20, 2010; Last revised Date May 7, 2012; Retrieved May 26, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/Climate_Change_Collection:_Climate_science>

The Author

Maggie SurfaceMaggie Surface, originally from Nashville, TN, graduated in May of 2007 from Allegheny College with a double B.S. in physics and environmental studies. Her senior thesis at Allegheny focused on bringing solar energy to campus. She interned with American Rivers in the summer of 2006, helping plan River Lobby Day, and with the Meadville Area Local Growers and the Meadville Redevelopment Authority in the summer of 2005. Maggie served as the Earth Portal Program Coordinator for the National Counc ... (Full Bio)

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