Chapters - The Climate System and Change
12 important questions on Chapters - The Climate System and Change
What is a Hadley cell?
There are two Hadley cells between the equator and each pole.
What do the major ocean ciculation patterns look like?
What is the Gulf Stream?
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When do glacial periods end?
What is the Pacifci Decadal Oscillation?
What is the The North Atlantic Oscillation/
What is the 'seasonal seesaw'?
What factor can cause rapid climate change?
Meltwater from land ice in Greenland and North America enters the North Atlantic during warming (Figure 2.19), causing the waters of the Gulf Stream to become less salty. This less saline water is less dense and thus cannot sink and complete the return trip to the equator. The thermohaline circulation shuts down, stopping transport of heat from the equator.
What is the important lessons for the future that the Younger Dryas holds?
An important question about future climate change due to greenhouse gas emissions is whether warming could again shut down thermohaline circulation.
What is the volocity of climate/temperature change?
Flat areas have a high velocity of climate change and mountains have a low velocity of climate change.
Why must an RCM must be embedded in a GCM to function
What are the Shared Socio-economic Pathways (SSP)?
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