GG140: The Atmosphere, The Ocean, and Environmental Change
Lecture 05 - Earth Systems Analysis (Tank Experiment). Several experiments are performed using a water tank with an input flow of water and an output flow. These experiments demonstrate the concepts of equilibrium and steady-state in system analysis and are analogous to various Earth systems; lakes and rivers and the overall heat budget of the planet. The greenhouse effect in the atmosphere is a mechanism for increasing the heat input from the sun in the overall heat budget of the Earth system. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 05 - Earth Systems Analysis (Tank Experiment) |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. System Analysis (Tank Experiment) |
| [00:13:35] | 2. Steady State Calculations |
| [00:23:34] | 3. System Analogies |
| [00:35:59] | 4. Plotting Qin and Water Depth versus Time |
| References |
| Lecture 5 - Earth Systems Analysis (Tank Experiment) Instructor: Professor Ronald B Smith. Resources: Problem Set 1 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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