05. Earth Systems Analysis (Tank Experiment)

The Atmosphere, the Ocean and Environmental Change (GG 140)

Several experiments are performed using a water tank with an input flow of water and an output flow. These experiments demonstrate the concepts of equilibrium and steady-state in system analysis and are analogous to various Earth systems; lakes and rivers and the overall heat budget of the planet. The greenhouse effect in the atmosphere is a mechanism for increasing the heat input from the sun in the overall heat budget of the Earth system.

00:00 - Chapter 1. System Analysis (Tank Experiment)
13:35 - Chapter 2. Steady State Calculations
23:34 - Chapter 3. System Analogies
35:59 - Chapter 4. Plotting Qin and Water Depth versus Time

Complete course materials are available at the Open Yale Courses website: http://oyc.yale.edu

This course was recorded in Fall 2011.