Essential Principles Breakout session 2 A Recorder Ted

Essential Principles Breakout session: 2 A Recorder: Ted Willard ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Initial Comments ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #1 ► The atmosphere is a variable, dynamic, and complex system. § The atmosphere is mixture of gases with measurable properties. § Layers § Chemical composition ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #2 ► The atmosphere is one of many earth systems and interacts with these other systems. § Ocean § Geological § climate ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #3 ► The atmosphere makes life on earth possible ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #4 ► Living things, including humans, affect the atmosphere. ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #5 ► The cycling of water through the atmosphere has profound effects on it § precipitation ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #6 ► The cycling of energy through the atmosphere has profound effects on it. ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #7 ► Changes in the atmosphere take place on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. § The atmosphere is made of many components that change over temporal and spatial scales. ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #7 ► Changes in the atmosphere take place on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. § The atmosphere is made of many components that change over temporal and spatial scales. ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Essential Principle #8 1. The atmosphere can be studied and understood ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Concluding Remarks ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO

Final Step ► At the end of the breakout session, the Recorder should save this file, using the following naming convention: ascl_breakout_<session#(2 a, 2 b, etc)>. ppt eg. , ascl_breakout_2 c. ppt ► Once you have saved the file, please transfer it to your session’s OPL, who will upload it for use in the following plenary. ASCL Workshop— Boulder, CO