ATM 5 – Fall 2018 – Assignment 2 Due Friday, October 12th Directions: Answer all questions clearly and in your own words. All submitted responses must be typed and submitted via Canvas. Assignment Question 2.1 Give a 1-2 sentence answer for each of the following: (a) What is an adjective used to describe the situation when there is a lot of water vapor in the air? (b) How is water vapor concentration related to air temperature? (c) How is water vapor concentration related to altitude? (d) Air that blows off of the Pacific Ocean tends to be quite cold compared to air that blows off the Gulf of Mexico. Based on this observation do you anticipate there to be more water vapor in the air of San Francisco or the air of New Orleans? Assignment Question 2.2 Compared to the distance to the center of the Earth… (a) …how many times farther away from us is the sun? (b) …how many times higher is the top of the atmosphere? (c) …how many times higher is the top of Mount Everest? (d) …how many times farther away is New York City? Assignment Question 2.3 In addition to more gradual changes, Earth’s historical climate shows evidence of a few dramatic episodes associated with global change. These episodes include the (a) PaleoceneEocene Thermal Maximum, (b) the Younger Dryas and (c) the Azolla event. Choose one of these topics and provide a short written report of the conditions associated with the event and the repercussions. Please limit responses to 1 page. 1 Citation Style Please use the following format for citations: Journal articles: Backsoon, I. B. 1999. El Niño or El Noñsense? Journal of Cosmetology 1:115-119. Books: Backsoon, I. B. 1999. The facts behind clichés. 2nd ed. Bemidji State University Press, Bemidji, MN. Newspaper or magazine articles: Backsoon, I. B., Verisi, X. O., and Enopi, L. M. 1999. Heat or humidity? Sacramento Bee. 2 January, p. A-8. Web: http://atm.ucdavis.edu 2
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