"POSTIX"

Single-Concept Digital Posters:

-- Earth System Science Education --

Owen E. Thompson, Professor
Mary Ellen Loftus, Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Meteorology
University of Maryland College Park

CONTENTS

GREENHOUSE EFFECT
ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION
SATELLITES & REMOTE SENSING
ATMOSPHERIC MECHANICS & THERMODYNAMICS
CARBON CYCLE
WATER CYCLE
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CHANGE
EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
VOLCANOES

GREENHOUSE EFFECT

Temperature vs Carbon Dioxide (160,000 ybp) (Transparent background)
Temperature-Carbon Dioxide (1860-1990)
Greenhouse Gas Concentration (Sequence)
Upwelling Infrared Red Radiation from the Earth-Atmosphere System< (Smaller)
Real Greenhouse: What does it do?
Atmospheric Greenhouse: What does it do?
Simple Greenhouse Model
Simple Greenhouse Model Solution
Latitudinal Greenhouse Model Variations
Logical Arguments Concerning Global Change (A Series of Symbolic Arguments)
Effects of High Clouds on the Energy Balance
Effects of Low Clouds on the Energy Balance
Effects of Deep Convective Clouds on the Energy Balance
Simple Greenhouse Effect Diagram

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION

Air Parcel with Condensing Water Vapor
Condensation and Convection
Statically Stable Conditions
Statically Unstable Conditions
Hypothetical Global Change Scenario: Warming at all altitudes
Hypothetical Global Change Scenario: Warming at low altitudes, cooling at high
The Cycle of Water and Latent Energy

SATELLITES AND REMOTE SENSING

Concepts of Remote Sensing and Inference (Sequence)
Individual sequence slides below:
Remote Sensing Signals (Lecture Sequence)
The Ill-Posed Satellite Sounding Problem (Sequence)
Satellite Orbits - polar (Solid background)
Satellite Orbits - polar (Transparent background)
Satellite Orbits - geosynchronous
Ozone
Sir-Sar Space Radar || (Smaller size) ||
Upwelling IR Emission || (Smaller size) || (Larger size) ||
Standard Atmosphere Profile
Solar - Infrared Radiation || (Smaller size) ||
Solar Radiational Processes
Infra Red Radiational Processes
Radiative Transfer Equation Sum over Atmospheric Layers
Radiative Transfer Equation Integral Equation of Radiative Transfer
Satellite Sensing Instruments Spectrometer
Satellite Sensing Instruments Interferometer
Satellite Sensing Instruments Filter Radiomneter
Satellite Sensing Instruments All
SBUV: Ozone Northern Hemisphere || (Smaller size) ||
SBUV: Ozone Southern Hemisphere || (Smaller size) ||
Satellite Scanning (Transverse Scanning)
Satellite Scanning (Limb Scanning)
Satellite Scanning (Geosynchronous Scanning)
Retrieval Error Scatterplot
Satellite Sounding
Global Sea Surface Temperature || (Smaller size) ||
Stereo Satellite Images
IR Absorption Spectra, Atmospheric gases || (Smaller size) ||
GOES: Atmospheric Water Vapor
NDVI Vegetation Index - African Sahel
Hurricane Gilbert (GOES Visible) || (Smaller size) ||
LANDSAT Satellite (Washington, DC) || (Smaller size) ||
Artic Sea Ice Area

Biosphere (NASA/SEAWIFS)

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GOES 8: Cloud Top Temperature
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GOES 8: Surface Skin Temperature
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Hurricane (3.5D Display)
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Interactive Satellite Temp Retrieval Errors
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National Weather Service Radar
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Tropical Rainfall from GOES
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GEOSAT: Sea Surface Height ENSO
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GEOSAT: Sea Surface Height ENSO (Short version)
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GEOSAT: Sea Surface Height ENSO (Rocker)
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GOES: Cyclone (4D Stereo View)
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NDVI Vegetation Index (World)
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NDVI Vegetation Index (African Sahel)
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ATMOSPHERIC MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS

Pressure Gradient Force
Winds on a Non-Rotating Planet
Winds on a Rotating Planet
Baroclinic Instability (Temperature)
Baroclinic Instability (Winds)
Circulations between Highs and Lows
Tropical Hadley Circulation
Tropical and Mid-Latitude Circulations

CARBON CYCLE

The Carbon Balance
Nature's Own Carbon Cycle
Carbon bound by forests and emissions from fossil fuels
Finland's forests as a carbon sink
Sources of Methane Emissions, 1990
Sources of Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 1990
Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuel Combustion
Total Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 1990
Marine Ecosystems

WATER CYCLE

Edwards Aquifer Location Map
Cross section of Edwards Aquifer
Annual Discharge of Edwards Aquifer: 1934-94
Annual Recharge to the Edwards Aquifer
Annual Precipitation Total; San Antonio 1934-94
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Uses of the Edwards Aquifer Discharge
Changes in global sea surface temperature
Artic Sea Ice Area
Global Warming & Land Ice
Planet Earth

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY

Sources of Nitrous Oxide Emission, 1990
1995 Nobel Prize Winners for Atmospheric Chemistry
Effects of Ozone on Human Health
The Ozone Hole: 1979-94 (TOMS)
Average Ozone Hole Size
Artic Sea Ice Area
Ozone Depletion
Ozone Destruction in the Stratosphere
Ozone in Earth's Atmosphere
Ozone Production in the Stratosphere
Predicting Ozone Levels

Tropospheric Ozone, Sept-Oct 1989

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HUMAN and COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO GLOBAL CHANGE

World Population Growth Chart
Types of Energy Consumed in the U.S.: 1990
Demographic Transition
Fertility Rates
Constant Fertility Scenario
Global Status of Major Vector Diseases
Using Biology to Model the Climate

EL NINO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION

Effects of El Nino on CO2 Fluxes
El Nino Scenario
El Nino & Climate Prediciton
Normal & El Nino Conditions
An Animation of El Nino
Changes In Global Sea Surface Temperatures
Global Consequences of El Nino
El Nino & The Southern Oscillation
El Nino & Rainfall Distribution
Hurricanes during El Nino (Mary Ellen Loftus, GRA):
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Hurricanes during La Nina (Mary Ellen Loftus, GRA):
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ENSO: Monthly Temperature Anomaly, 1986-88:
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ENSO: Weekly Sea Surface Temperature, Sept '88-Feb '89:
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ENSO: Equatorial Pacific Cross-Section
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ENSO: Equatorial Pacific Ocean Currents
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ENSO: Temperature and Currents
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ENSO: Sea Surface Height GEOSAT, Jan '85 - Nov '88:
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ENSO: Sea Surface Height GEOSAT (Short version):
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ENSO: Sea Surface Height GEOSAT (Rocker):
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VOLCANOES

Volcanoes & Global Cooling
Monitoring the Effects of Global Cooling
Mount St. Helens Eruption
Mount Pinatubo Eruption
Regional Map of Earth's Active Volcanoes
Volcanoes & Ozone Depletion