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PHY2505 - Lecture 18. Radiation and Climate. This lecture Review of Liou IPCC definitions of radiative forcing Next lecture 1-D radiative-convective climate models IPCC results Final lecture Climate and planetary atmospheres. Overview. Chapter 2 3 4 4 8
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PHY2505 - Lecture 18 Radiation and Climate
This lecture Review of Liou IPCC definitions of radiative forcing Next lecture 1-D radiative-convective climate models IPCC results Final lecture Climate and planetary atmospheres Overview
Chapter 2 3 4 4 8 Solar variability Solar absorption Thermal RT modellingSatellite observation & scattering; absorption & retrieval aerosol & emission; atmospheric gases Review RADIATIVE FORCINGS OBSERVATION/VALIDATION Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Diurnal & latitudinal variationMeasurement Structure Solar variability
Solar absorption bandsRayleigh scattering Radiative transfer equation Mie scattering Characteristics of aerosols 4 3 2 1 Solar absorption & scattering
Spectroscopy & line shape Radiative transfer equation I(t,m)=Boexp(-t1-t2-t3)+ B1exp(-t2-t3) + B2exp(-t3) + B3 Boexp(-t1-t2)+ B1 exp(-t2)+B2 Boexp(-t1)+ B1 Bo Thermal absorption & emission
Formed under WMO and UNEP in 1988 to deal with potential global climate change Working Group I assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate change. Working Group II assesses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to climate change, negative and positive consequences of climate change, and options for adapting to it. Working Group III assesses options for limiting greenhouse gas emissions and otherwise mitigating climate change. The Task Force on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories is responsible for the IPCC National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme. IPCC
IPCC: radiative forcings • What is the IPCC definition of radiative forcing? • Sensitivity parameter