3.3 Theory of Climate Change

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3.3 Theory of Climate Change Key concepts: Earth’s Radiation Budget Greenhouse Effect Key Climate Factors that can change global climate

Ways to Change Our Global Climate Change energy from the Sun Change reflection from the atmosphere and planet Change composition of the atmosphere

How can these climate factors change? Radiation from the Sun Changes in energy radiated from the Sun Changes in Earth’s distance from the Sun Changes in Earth’s inclination relative to the Sun Atmospheric composition Changes in concentration of gases in atmosphere that absorb energy (“greenhouse gases”) Through natural processes (volcanic emissions, emissions from flora and fauna, soil, etc) Through the action of humans (consumption choices) Reflectivity of the planet Changing the reflectivity of the surface (snow, ice, forests, soot, etc) Changing the reflectivity of the atmosphere (clouds, aerosols)

Solar Radiation Sun is a star with a surface temperature of ~5780K The Sun emits radiation over a wide spectrum of wavelengths out into space As radiation spreads out into space, it is spread out over an increasingly large area 4pr2 A small amount of that energy is intercepted by the Earth in it’s orbit around the Sun. r is the radius at which the planet orbits the Sun

Radiation at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere ~1360 W/m2 (solar “constant”) Earth is ~150 x 106 km from the Sun Radius of sphere = r Radiation from surface of Sun = 63 X 106 W/m2 Area of a sphere = 4pr2 Radiation from an object falls off by the inverse square of the distance

Solar Radiation at Earth At the top of Earth’s atmosphere, ~1360 W/m2 of energy strikes the Earth’s atmosphere Some of this energy is reflected back into space from the Earth, and some of it is absorbed by the Earth Albedo – the reflectivity of a surface (between 0 and 1) White object and light colored objects have high albedo (near 1) Dark objects have low albedo (near 0) Earth’s average albedo is about 0.3 (including the ground, plants, oceans, ice, snow, clouds, …) ~30% of the radiation is reflected ~70% is absorbed

Albedo of Various Surfaces Snow and clouds have the highest albedo Water, dark wet soil, and forest has the lowest albedo Everything else is in between

Earth’s Radiation Budget (see notes) Solar Radiation Received at TOA (short wave) Outgoing radiation (long wave) Solar absorbed (short wave)

Earth Temperature What would Earth’s temperature be, if we didn’t have an atmosphere? Earth’s “equilibrium” temperature Where the energy received from the Sun equals the energy re-emitted by the Earth Equilibrium means steady-state energy balance Energy in = energy out To figure out Earth’s equilibrium temperature, we need a few concepts…

Stefan-Boltzman Law All objects with a temperature emit radiation E = s T4 Where E is the total radiation (energy emitted) over all wavelengths emitted in W/m2 s is the Stefan-Boltzman constant = 5.67 x 10-8 W/m2 K4 T is the temperature in Kelvin (K) When Earth absorbs energy from the Sun’s radiation, it warms up, and by the Stefan-Boltzman Law, re-radiates energy back into space

Shortwave and Longwave Radiation Incoming Solar radiation OutgoingTerrestrial radiation Visible radiation Solar radiation is shortwave Terrestrial radiation is longwave (infrared)

See Notes

Earth’s Energy Balance

Key climate factors Clouds Volcanic eruptions The Sun & Earth’s orbit Clouds Volcanic eruptions Reflective snow & ice And the amount of greenhouse gases…

Is the Solar “Constant” Constant? No, not really! Radiation from the Sun does vary slightly with time Over the “solar cycle”, solar radiation varies by about 1 or 2 W/m2 (about 0.1%)

Milankovitch Cycles – long term changes in the Earth’s orbit: Eccentricity: the shape of the Earth's orbit around the Sun. The eccentricity of the Earth’s orbit varies over about 100,000 years between slightly more or less elliptical. Precession: Earth wobbles on it axis as it spins completing a full wobble every 23,000 years. Tilt: the angle of the Earth's axis relative to the plane of its orbit varies between 21.5 and 24.5 degrees over a period of 41,000 years. Orbital Variations

Effects of Volcanic Eruptions on Climate Volcanic eruptions can cause cooling of the atmosphere due to reflection of incident radiation by aerosols Effect is short-lived (2 yrs or less) Eruptions can cause warming by release of carbon dioxide gas in eruptive gases

Clouds Clouds reflect radiation back into space Clouds also retain radiation emitted from the surface, helping to warm the atmosphere On a cloudless night, it gets VERY cold at night – much colder than if there are clouds…

Snow and Ice Snow and ice are highly reflective, and are critically important to the Earth’s energy balance Both reflect a large fraction of incident light back to space, helping to keep the planet cool

Greenhouse Gases January, 2013 ~395 ppm Pre-industrial ~280 ppm The rise has been relentless and shows a remarkably constant relationship with fossil-fuel burning, and can be well accounted for based on the simple premise that 57% of fossil-fuel emissions remain airborne. Here the number 57% was selected to fit the curve at the ends of the record, but what is significant is how well this link with fossil-fuel burning also fits the curvature in the record, sloping upwards less rapidly at the beginning, and more rapidly at the end. http://scrippsco2.ucsd.edu/program_history/keeling_curve_lessons_3.html

Has CO2 been this high over the past 800,000 years? Neither CO2 nor CH4 have been this high in the past 800,000 years 300 Previous CO2 maximum ~300 ppm Previous CH4 maximum ~780 ppb

Based on the fact that CO2 has increased over the past century and the knowledge of the greenhouse gas effect – what would we have expected to see happen to the Earth’s climate during this period?