Climate Change Figures (Chapter 19)

 

Figure 4: Average air-T variations for past 18K yrs

Figure 5: Aver T variations over NH for last 1K yrs (“hockey stick” curve)

Figure 6: Aver T variations over globe (land & sea) from 1860-1999.

Figure 7a: Geographical distrib of land 180 mya; and b present (continental movement)

Figure 8: Oceanic-continental plate tectonic x-section, w/volcanism

Figure 9: Eccentricity diagram

Figure 10: Precession diagram; b present; c 11 k yr BP

Figure 11: Variations in T, CO2, CH4 in Antarctic ice cores

Figure 12: Pinatubo eruption picture, June 1991

Figure 13: SO2 plume from Pinatubo, global, from UARS Sept 1991

Figure 14: Changes in global T from 1990-92

Figure 15: Changes in solar energy output (ERBS) w/sunspots, 1984-88

Figure 16: Projected sfc T changes, 1860-2000, using different climate models and forcings (GHG, aerosols, solar rad)

Figure 17: 6 climate model scenarios of projected T changes, 1990-2100

Figure 18: Projected 2xCO2 warming w/AOGCM