Description - Participants will use scientific process skills and quantitative analysis to demonstrate an understanding of the factors that influence world climate and climate change through the interpretation of climatological data, graphs, charts, and images.
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Subject Content:
Understanding the weather vs the climate
Composition and evolution of the Earth's atmosphere
Earth's radiative energy balance
Oceanic and atmospheric circulation mechanisms that affect climate
Climatic zones and their causes
Recent Climate trends
Understand climate reconstructions from different methods
Projected changes in climate