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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
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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