UCSD  ESYS 10 Introduction to Environmental Systems

Winter 2006

January 17

Home page

Powerpoint lecture link

Handout: Case study 1: Low emissions vehicles

Reading: Chapter 2 Kump, Casting and Crane

Problems due Tuesday Jan. 25:

            Ch. 2 Review problem #3

            Ch. 2 Critical-thinking problems #1 and #2a-d

Topics:

Feedback Definitions Electric blanket examples
Earth System Feedbacks Mt. Pinatubo (1991) and Tambora (1815)

The Year Without a Summer (1816)
Year Without a Summer (The Weather Notebook radio transcript)
USGS Indonesian Volcano site


DaisyWorld

DaisyWorld simulation--1 example
Oceansonline: Gaia Hypothesis


Discussion: Case study warmup

 


Last modification Jan. 17 2006

Lynne Talley