Friday Week One

...some questions from the IPCC AR5 SPM (and other things)...

1. Where does Lexington City water come from?

2. Under what conditions are sharks dangerous?

3. What is the IPCC? What is the purpose of the SPM? How does changes in the sizes of reserviors in the clobal carbon cycle result in global climate change?

4. According to the AR5, what are the observed changes in the spatial distribution of rainfall? According to the AR5, what are the expected changes in the spatial distribution of rainfall? Why is this important? According to the AR5, what are the observed changes in Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover? According to the AR5, what are the expected changes in Northern Hemisphere spring snow cover? Why is this important? According to the AR5, what are the expected changes in rainfall for places that tend to be wetter? According to the AR5, what are the expected changes in rainfall for places that tend to be drier? What does the AR5 have to say about extreme precipitation events in the future? What about the future of monsoon systems?

5. Which of the following reservoirs in the global water cycle have increased, decreased, and stayed the same size over the past 60 to 100 (or so) years?oceans, glaciers, groundwater, soil moisture, terrestrial surface water (rivers, lakes, and artificial surface impediments), atmosphere.

Slides from today are on Sakai. Your seconds homework assignment (due Wednesday) is on Sakai under the exams and quizzes tab. Your reading is Cloud seeding, no longer magical thinking, is poised for use this winter by Matt Weiser Monday, Nov. 11, 2013 Sacramento Bee. Monday, we will go over some background material about water and sewer systems that might be useful for your successful completion of homework assignment #2, discuss cloud seeding, and discuss the recent chemical spill in West Virginia that has affected the drinking water resources of 300,000 people.