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15. What are supergeostrophic and subgeostrophic flows?

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Name: ____________Answer Key______________________ ATMS 211: Climate and Climate Change Spring 2009 Homework 2 A. Name the two physical laws that apply to blackbody radiation that we have been discussing in class. What do these laws tell us about the nature of the emitted radiation?

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0.4 m by 2100 due to thermal expansion; another 0.2 m is possible from ice sheet melting. Which factor is more certain?