{"id":565,"date":"2014-09-23T04:22:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T04:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/?p=565"},"modified":"2014-09-23T04:22:40","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T04:22:40","slug":"climate-modeling-the-completion-of-the-climate-jigsaw-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/2014\/09\/23\/climate-modeling-the-completion-of-the-climate-jigsaw-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Modeling: The Completion of the Climate Jigsaw Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-566\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2014\/09\/gavinschmidtgif1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-566\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/cop20\/files\/2014\/09\/gavinschmidtgif1-300x168.gif\" alt=\"http:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/2014\/05\/02\/just-what-is-going-on-in-this-climate-of-ours\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">http:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/2014\/05\/02\/just-what-is-going-on-in-this-climate-of-ours\/<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Helen Walters of <a href=\"http:\/\/ideas.ted.com\/2014\/05\/02\/just-what-is-going-on-in-this-climate-of-ours\/\">TED<\/a> had some questions that were worth asking. \u00a0The main question she asked was &#8220;How do you solve a problem like the climate crisis?&#8221; \u00a0However, the real question is how does one truly understand the earth&#8217;s climate when there is just more than a few factors involved?<\/p>\n<p>Well, according to climate scientist Gavin Schmidt, climate modeling is &#8220;The\u00a0discipline that synthesizes data from multiple sources, including satellites, weather stations, even from people camping in the Arctic and submitting measurements of the ice they see around them.&#8221; \u00a0Basically, it is the consolidation of data from all over that helps us understand what goes on. \u00a0It helps us see the big picture. \u00a0He provided us with four silent animations that show what is really going on with our climate. \u00a0The links are listed below.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/93164059\">Cloud patterns over North America<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/93164060\">Watch particles swirl in the atmosphere<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/93164875\">Real vs. prediction: Watch the world&#8217;s climate change throughout the 20th century<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/93168472\">3 ways the climate might look in the future<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I really liked the analogy of looking at the climate as a jigsaw puzzle that needs to be completed. \u00a0That was very clever! \u00a0You need all the puzzle pieces to complete it just like we need to know all the factors involved in the climate to fully understand it. \u00a0Without the big picture, it is harder to put the puzzle pieces together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Helen Walters of TED had some questions that were worth asking. \u00a0The main question she asked was &#8220;How do you solve a problem like the climate crisis?&#8221; \u00a0However, the real question is how does one truly understand the earth&#8217;s climate when there is just more than a few factors involved? 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