References:

 

Climate Change References:

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter2/index.html

Slide Show Format: Energy Definitions, atmospheric changes, greenhouse/global warming,, Stefan Boltzman Law, great graphics, Review Questions and Homework Assignments Includes. Excellent "sun processes page".

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wworks0.htm

Good explanation of basic weather terms and phenomena with good graphics, pressure dimensions conversions

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wcloud0.htm

Links to cloud and climate info

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/intro/delgenio_03/

Study of effects of different types of clouds on climate and climate change.

http://www.etl.noaa.gov/eo/notes/clouds_and_climate.html

good graphics on clouds and their albedo effects

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wdanner/Radiation.html

Good Radiation :Incoming/Outgoing graphics: Stefan Boltzman included

http://darya.scar.utoronto.ca/~gough/eesb03s/b03-lect2.htm

Good explanation of troposphere ... and radiation, Stefan Boltzman , Wiens, Kirchoffs

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/01529.html

definition of black body

http://www.psrc-online.org/classrooms/papers/coleman.html

more in-depth version of math behind this activity 

http://www.electro-optical.com/bb_rad/emissivity/emisivty.htm

emissivity definition and values

http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/99148e.html

greenhouse gases, IR and climate change

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