Energy Balance Game
Initial Publication Date: May 9, 2012
Summary
This online game activity introduces students to Earth's radiative energy balance. It also explores the use of a simple climate model in the attribution of climate change.
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Learning Goals
- Increased understanding of Radiative energy balance and the greenhouse effect. introduction to the attribution of climate change.
Methods of Geoscience
This game activity introduces students to how climate scientists use models to help better understand the climate system and to attribute past climate change to spefic processes.Context for Use
This game activity can be used in any introductory geoscience course where Earth's radiative balance is considered, intro to meteorology or a course on Earth's climate are two examples. The idea is to give students a better feel for how different radiative forcings may influence Earth's surface temperature and disrupt its radiative equilibrium.
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