Juvenile Spadefish

Juvenile Spadefish
I took this picture this summer

Monday, December 2, 2013

Aerosols

Dear Sophomores- In our study of climate change, we need to look at how Earth's geologic activity and plate tectonics can affect the changing temperatures we experience.  Aerosols are of great importance to our global radiation budget, acting like a curtain blocking incoming radiation by scattering light and reflecting and refracting it back into space.  Please read the article below, and then we are going to graph some Optical depth data and look at how much volcanic activity can affect the aerosol concentration in the atmosphere.

NASA Earth Observatory- Aerosols

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