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Modeling Earth's Temperature part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
Students use the STELLA program to create hierarchies of models of increasing complexity to understand the absorption of solar energy by the Earth and its radiation of that energy back to space.
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Solar and terrestrial radiation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Atmospheric gases, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Energy, heat and temperature
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review
Resource Type: Activities: Computer Applications, Activities:Lab Activity
Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Solar and terrestrial radiation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Atmospheric gases, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Atmospheric structure and composition, Energy, heat and temperature
Activity Review: Passed Peer Review