Ocean and Biosphere Feedbacks
Class #12 (Mon., Feb 6)
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Reading:
Required Reading (everyone):
- Understanding the Forecast, Ch. 7, 81–84.
Reading Notes:
- Why are cloud feedbacks more complicated and uncertain than other feedbacks?
- What is El Niño and how do feedbacks in the ocean-atmosphere system create the El Niño/La Niña cycle? How does this cycle affect the global climate?
- How do feedbacks between climate and the biosphere work?
