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Astronomy - Earth's Atmosphere

Michel van Biezen via YouTube

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Explore Earth's atmosphere in this comprehensive video series covering its composition, temperature dynamics, greenhouse effect, and climate change implications. Delve into atmospheric content, energy balance, molecular absorption spectra, and the roles of greenhouse gases like CO2 and H2O. Examine concepts such as the Stefan-Boltzmann law, blackbody radiation, heat capacity, and daily warming cycles. Investigate the jet stream, air mass movements, and the impact of increasing greenhouse gases. Analyze transmission spectra, greenhouse effect contributions, and temperature model sensitivities. Conclude with insights on Earth's temperature history and the overall implications of the greenhouse effect.

Syllabus

Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (1 of 61) Atmospheric Content
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (2 of 61) Earth's Temperature without GH Gases
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (3 of 61) What Happens to Sunlight when it Reaches earth?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (4 of 61) What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (5 of 61) What is the Atmospheric Energy Balance?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (6 of 61) Atmospheric Temperature Gradient
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (7 of 61) How a Gas Molecule Absorbs Energy
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (8 of 61) What is the Mean Free Path?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (9 of 61) How a Gas Molecule Absorbs Radiation
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (10 of 61) 3 Types of Energy of a Gas Molecule
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (11 of 61) Quantum Jump in Vibrational and Rotational Energy
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (12 of 61) What are the 3 Main Vibrational Modes?
Astronomy -Ch. 9.1:Earth's Atmosphere(13 of 61) What are Combination Transition States of H2O & CO2?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (14 of 61) What Causes the Wide Absorption Spectrum?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (15 of 61) The Molecular Absorption Spectrum Graphed
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (16 of 61) The Key to Our Survival: Spectrum Broadening
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (17 of 61) How Does CO2 Keep Us Warm?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (18 of 61) How Does H2O Keep Us Warm?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (19 of 61) How H2O Absorption Spectrum Compares to CO2
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (20 of 61) Comparing All Major Geenhouse Gases
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (21 of 61) What is the Overlap Effect?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (22 of 61) How is the Upper Atmosphere Heated?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (23 of 61) How is the Lower Atmosphere Heated? (Part 1)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (24 of 61) How is the Lower Atmosphere Heated? (Part 2)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (25 of 46) What is the Greenhouse Effect?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (26 of 61) Stefan Botzmann Law: Earth's Thermostat
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (27 of 61) Radiation Peak Shift: Blackbody Radiation Curve
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (28 of 61) What is the Heat Capacity of Earth's Atmosphere?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (29 of 61) The Daily Warming Cycle: Part 1
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (30 of 61) The Daily Warming Cycle: Part 2
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (31 of 61) The Daily Warming Cycle: Part 3
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (32 of 61) What is the Lapse Rate?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (33 of 61) What is the Diurnal Temperature Range?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (34 of 61) The Diurnal Temperature Range & Water Vapor
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (35 of 61) The Diurnal Temperature Range: Example
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (36 of 61) The Jet Stream
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (37 of 61) The Jet Stream Effect
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (38 of 61) The Movement of Large Air Masses
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (39 of 61) How Does Increasing CH4 Change G.H. Effect?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (40 of 61) How Does Increasing N2O Change G.H. Effect?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (41 of 61) How Does Increase CO2 Change G.H. Effect?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (42 of 61) What is the Decrease in Molecular Distance?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (43 of 61) The Atmospheric Effectiveness of CO2? Part 1
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (44 of 61) The Atmospheric Effectiveness of CO2? Part 2
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (45 of 61) What Does the CO2 Absorption Spectrum Imply?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (46 of 61) What is the Transmission Spectrum of CO2 (1m)?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (47 of 61) The Transmission Spectrum of CO2 (10m)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (48 of 61) The Transmission Spectrum of CO2 (100m)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (49 of 61) The Transmission Spectrum of CO2 (1km)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (50 of 61) The Transmission Spectrum of CO2 (10km)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (51 of 61) The CO2 and H2O Overlap Spectrum
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere(52 of 61) What is the G.H. Effect Contribution of CO2?(100m)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1:Earth's Atmosphere (53 of 61) What is the Doubling Effect with Different Models?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (54 of 61) Complications with Calculating the G.H. Effect
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (55 of 61) What is the Temperature Model Sensitivity?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (56 of 61) The 1st 20 PPM produces 50% of Greenhouse Effect
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (57 of 61) Is Atmospheric Water Vapor Increasing?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (58 of 61) What is the Relative Humidity Trend?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (59 of 61) What is TPW? (Total Precipitable Water)
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (60 of 61) What is Earth's Temperature History?
Astronomy - Ch. 9.1: Earth's Atmosphere (61 of 61) The Greenhouse Effect: What can we Conclude?

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