E. Christa Farmer

Poleward Heat Transport Jigsaw part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
Based on great plate tectonic exercise by Sawyer et al. (2005 JGE), this small-group exercise with maps of data about earth's energy balance helps students visualize poleward heat transport.

Rayleigh fractionation visualization part of Cutting Edge:Climate Change:Activities
A MS Excel spreadsheet gives an account of Rayleigh fractionation, the progressive removal of the heavier oxygen isotope as a moist air parcel moves from the subtropics to the high latitudes. This exercise is useful for the interpretation of ice core paleoclimate records.

Environmental Geology and Natural Hazards at Hofstra University part of Math You Need:Implementations
Environmental Geology and Natural Hazards (GEOL005) at Hofstra University Instructor: E. Christa Farmer Enrollment: 24 Challenges to using math in introductory geoscience Hofstra University's Geology ...

E. Christa Farmer part of Cutting Edge:Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Workshop 08:Participant Profiles
E. Christa Farmer Geology Department Hofstra University 145 Gittleson Hall Hempstead, NY 11549 516.463.5566 516.463.5120(fax) geoecf@hofstra.edu Hello Hurricane - Climate Change "Workshop" participants, I ...