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    College Upper (15-16)
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    Geoscience > Atmospheric Science > Climatology > Solar radiation

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    Modeling Earth's Energy Balance part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
    Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
    In this exercise, students use the STELLA box modeling software to determine Earth's temperature based on incoming solar radiation and outgoing terrestrial radiation. Starting with a simple black body model, ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Energy, heat and temperature, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Solar and terrestrial radiation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary, Passed Peer Review
    CLEAN Selected This activity has been selected for inclusion in the CLEAN collection.
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    Daisyworld Model part of Complex Systems:Teaching Activities
    Kirsten Menking, Vassar College
    In this exercise, students recreate the classic Daisyworld model of Watson and Lovelock (1983). Daisyworld is a planet covered by two species of daisy, one white and one black, whose growth is determined by ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Lab Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Solar radiation, Climate sensitivity and feedbacks

    Poleward Heat Transport Jigsaw part of Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
    E. Christa Farmer, Hofstra University
    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.

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14)
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities, Lab Activity, Classroom Activity:Jigsaw
    Subject: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Global energy balance, Solar radiation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Extreme weather, Atmospheric circulation, Energy, heat and temperature, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climatology :Atmospheric and oceanic circulation, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Global Change and Climate:Climate Change, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Extreme Weather:Hurricanes, Environmental Science:Energy, Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Science:Meteorology:Solar and terrestrial radiation, Geoscience:Oceanography:Ocean-Climate Interactions
    Activity Review: Peer Reviewed as Exemplary
    On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection This activity is part of the On the Cutting Edge Exemplary Teaching Activities collection.
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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