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Web Sites Referenced

http://apollo.lsc.vsc.edu/classes/met130/notes/chapter2/index.html
          ( This site is in slide show format: energy definitions, atmospheric changes,   greenhouse/global warming, Stefan - Boltz review questions and homework assignments are included. An excellent  page on the sun's processes. )

http://darya.scar.utoronto.ca/~gough/eesb03s/b03-lect2.htm
          ( This site has a good explanation of the troposphere and radiation, as well as the Stefan Bollz,  Wiens and Kirchoffs mathematics )

http://www.agu.org/eos_elec/99148e.html
          ( This site was used for greenhouse gases, Infrared radiation, and climate change )

http://www.electro-optical.com/bb_rad/emissivity/emisivty.htm
          ( This site is the source of the emissivity definitions and values )

http://www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/01529.html
          ( This site contains the definition of a black body )

http://www.etl.noaa.gov/eo/notes/clouds_and_climate.html
          ( This site contains good graphics on clouds and their albedo effects )

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/research/intro/delgenio_03/
          ( This site has a study of the effects of different types of clouds on climate and climate change )

http://www.psrc-online.org/classrooms/papers/coleman.html
          ( This site contains a more in-depth version of the math behind the activity )

http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wdanner/Radiation.html
          ( This site contains good graphics depicting incoming and outgoing radiation as well as Stefan Boltz equations )

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wcloud0.htm
          ( This site has links to cloud and climate information )

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/wworks0.htm
          ( This site has good explanations of basic weather terms and phenomena with good graphics, pressure dimension conversions )
 
 
 
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