Measuring Albedo with ADI - an Intensity Application

Why are Polar Regions more affected by global warming than other parts of the globe? One reason (there are others) is that as sea ice melts and more open water appears, more energy is absorbed, and warming accelerates. This is a form of positive feedback and it makes the polar climate change faster...

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Main Author: Sternheim, Morton
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2011
Subjects:
albedo
ADI
Polar Regions
Analytical Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Physics
Sea ice
Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/stem_digital/7
https://scholarworks.umass.edu/context/stem_digital/article/1006/type/native/viewcontent
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Summary:Why are Polar Regions more affected by global warming than other parts of the globe? One reason (there are others) is that as sea ice melts and more open water appears, more energy is absorbed, and warming accelerates. This is a form of positive feedback and it makes the polar climate change faster than the climate in temperate areas. Increasing vegetation on land also has a similar positive feedback effect. This effect is a change in the albedo – the fraction of the incident sunlight that is reflected back to space.

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