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
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Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2011
Subjects:
albedo
ADI
Polar Regions
Analytical Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Physics
Sea ice
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spelling ftunivmassamh:oai:scholarworks.umass.edu:stem_digital-1006 2023-05-15T18:17:59+02:00 Measuring Albedo with ADI - an Intensity Application Sternheim, Morton 2011-01-01T08:00:00Z application/vnd.ms-powerpoint https://scholarworks.umass.edu/stem_digital/7 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/context/stem_digital/article/1006/type/native/viewcontent unknown ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst https://scholarworks.umass.edu/stem_digital/7 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/context/stem_digital/article/1006/type/native/viewcontent STEM Digital albedo ADI Polar Regions Analytical Chemistry Civil and Environmental Engineering Environmental Chemistry Physics text 2011 ftunivmassamh 2022-01-10T06:53:48Z 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. Text Sea ice University of Massachusetts: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
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ADI
Polar Regions
Analytical Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Physics
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Analytical Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Physics
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Measuring Albedo with ADI - an Intensity Application
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Analytical Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Chemistry
Physics
description 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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