GEOL 1330 Study Guide – Intro
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Definitions of weather and climate and differences between the two
o Predictability of weather vs. climate?
Climate as a system
o What are the main components of the climate system?
o What is being exchanged between the different parts of the climate
system?
o Examples for these processes/exchanges?
What is radiative forcing? What causes it?
What are positive and negative feedbacks? Examples from the climate system
How have the numbers of “billion -dollar disaster events” and the costs in the US
changed over the past decades?
What is the relationship between extreme weather events and climate change?
Anthropogenic climate change = human-caused climate change