General cryosphere Flashcards
1
Q
The importance of cryosphere to climate
A
- feedbacks that influence ice surface energy and moisture fluxes, clouds, precipitations, etc.
- records of past climate providing benchmarks for interpreting modern climate change
- large effect on predictability/variability of weather and climate
2
Q
snow albedo
A
0.8
3
Q
sea ice albedo
A
0.5-0.7
4
Q
soil
A
0.2
5
Q
ocean
A
0.06
6
Q
fresh snow
A
0.9
7
Q
How can ice cores store record of past climates
A
air bubbles
8
Q
how do we date layers in ice cores?
A
methane sources
ice albedo feedback
9
Q
Bipolar see-saw
A
Greenland and Antarctica temperatures are opposite
