The questions in the following quizzes cover the most important points studied in Chapter 5. After answering each question, please check it using the box on the left before going to the next question.
Variations of equilibrium temperature as a function of solar irradiance in a one-dimensional Energy Balance Model (EBM).
A minimal conceptual model for the abrupt monsoon transitions.
Abrupt monsoon transitions exercise |
Liu et al. (2006), following Brovkin et al. (1998), proposed a conceptual climate-vegetation model to study the relative importance of different processes which may have taken part in the abrupt vegetation collapse in North Africa during the Holocene.