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Lecture 1 - Introduction and the changes Observed1. Has the annual, global mean surface temperature increased or decreased since thelate of 19th century? How much is the change?2. What are the anthropogenic reasons for surface warming?3. How does sea level change correspond to the surface warming?4. Explain the connections and differences of the changes between the global averaged temperature and the regional temperature.5. What is the Earth hydrological cycle? What are the components in Earth hydrological cycle?6. List five greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere. What is the greenhouse effect? What would happen if the atmosphere loses all greenhouse gases?7. atmosphere structure8. Discuss the change of greenhouse gases concentration in atmosphere from 1950s – present.Lecture 2: Energy Balance9. How much is the normal surface temperature? (15°C)10. Is solar radiation uniform? Does the sun emit at longwave or shortwave radiation?Or both? What is the dominant wavelength for the sun’s emission?11. What is the definition of energy balance?12. What are the three ways to transfer heat to/from atmosphere? Give examples.13. What is the definition of temperature?14. Describe the relations between temperature and water vapor, temperature and greenhouse gases15. What is albedo? If other conditions don’t change, an increase in albedo will lead to an increase or a decrease on surface temperature?16. Is this statement correct?a. Summer sea ice decreases tremendously in the last 20 yearsb. No change17. How did Arctic surface snow coverage change in the past few decades.?Lecture 3-Earth Hydrological Cycle18. What are the sub-components of hydrological cycle?19. Give examples of rainfall changes in global change environement (e.g., Africa andeast Asia).20. What is the change of arctic sea ice?21. What is the change of Greenland ice-sheet?22. Are the following statements correct?Earth energy cycle and water cycle are closely related to each other. Earth energy cycle and water cycle do not change linearly.Lecture 4. Clouds and Climate23. What are the subcomponents of earth water cycle?24. Under what conditions can clouds form? Give example of where we can frequently observe clouds (mountain, beach)25. What are evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?26. What are the key effects of clouds to radiation?27. Imagine you go camping on a cloudy day/night and a clear day/night, which day is warm, which night is warm? Draw figures to show.28. Discuss low level clouds and high level clouds effects on surface temperature.Lecture 5 –Aerosols29. What is aerosol? How large is it? What are the sources for aerosols?30. What are the two effects of aerosol on climate? Explain in 3-5 sentences.31. What are the ways for aerosols to affect climate?32. How much surface insolation is reduced by aerosols for a normal day in city like New York? (answer: 20-40Wm-2)33. Why over land, in general, cloud droplet size is smaller than that over ocean? Lecture 6 Urban Climate System34. Why do we need to study urban?35. What is urban heat island effect (UHI)? Is this a daytime phenomenon or night time phenomenon? What are the reasons for UHI?36. What is urban canopy effect (or urban canyon effect)?37. What can be done to reduce UHI? Name a few possible ways and discuss advantage and disadvantage of each way.38. What are the key features for cold roof materials?39. What is surface albedo change in urban regions – increase or decrease? How is albedo change related to UHI?40. What is the change of urban surface emissivity? How is this related to UHI?41. Name a few sources for urban


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