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an indirecan indirectt, or an indirect, or secondary, change – either positive or negative – that occurs within the climate system in response to a forcing mechanism. |
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| self feeding/sustaining feedback that further enhances the impact of climate forcing |
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| a feedback that pushes the climate back to the intial state |
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| increased co2 levels lead to more carbonic acid accelerating the silcate weathering rate which lowers atmospheric co2 |
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| Warm water can hold more co2 than cold water so warm water releases more co2 |
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| increased temperature leads to decreased ice covers which drops albedo and leads to temperature increases |
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| increased temperature leads to... |
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| increased evaporation and higher atmospheric vapor content |
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| more green house gases means |
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| Global radiative equilibrium |
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| solar radiational heating of the Earth-atmosphere system is balanced by emission of |
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| heating of earths surface and lower atmosphere by strong absorption and emission of infrared radiation by greenhouse gases |
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| tropical cyclone activity depends on |
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Sea Surface Temperatures
Upper atmospheric dynamics (wind shear)
Climate cycles (NAO, ENSO, PDO, AMO, etc.)
African low pressure systems |
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| While precipitation events may become stronger on average and winter precipitation is expected to increase, increased evaporation and fewer precipitation events may lead to water stress |
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