What happened to days 1 and 2? Hmmm...too busy or tired to write.
The online course format is interesting. You have the "Icebreaker Discussion" where everyone tells a little about themselves...where they live, what they teach, what affects the climate where they live, etc.
I found out that one of the other students knows a former student of mine from WHS. They met at University of Portland. It's a small world. :-)
I gave a woman who lives in WV a bad time about her "mountains" actually being "foothills".
I posted photos of daffodils
in my backyard. There are lots of people who live east of the Rockies in the class. :-)
I chose this as my profile photo:
Of course no one has asked me about this photo...
Perhaps I should have chose
or
Anyway...I posted the first response to the "Energy Budget" discussion.
DISCUSSION QUESTION
Energy Budget
The focus this week is on energy balance, and how atmospheric and ocean circulation relate to the climate system. This figure
represents the Earth's global annual mean energy budget (in Watts per
square meter, W/m2) for the period between March 2000 and May 2004. The
broad arrows indicate the schematic flow of energy in proportion to
their amounts.
Using this figure and examples from this week's reading, discuss how
one of these factors contributes to the balance within the climate
system. How does this factor interact with other components? What
questions do you have about this diagram or the way the system works?
I think I am participating enough to meet the standard. :-)
More tomorrow...
