Climate Science Glossary
In this Climate Science Glossary, we have collected together some of the more technical climate science terms used in this website and given them a short description.
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- Atmosphere-Ocean Interaction
- Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- Circulation Systems
- Climate Attribution Studies
- Diurnal Temperature Cycle
- Energy Balance
- Feedbacks
- Global Atmospheric Circulation
- Greenhouse Effect
- Horizontal resolution (Grids)
- Mid-latitudes
- Ocean Models
- Oceanic Circulation
- Parameterizations
- Parameters
- Return Time Plots
- Seasonal Temperature Cycle
- The Unified Model
- Thermohaline Circulation / AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation)
- Time Steps
- Tropics
- Vertical Resolutions (Levels)
- Volcanic Emissions