How to Label a Systems Diagram Moving toward

How to Label a Systems Diagram Moving toward greater complexity within systems diagrams. Example of The Carbon Cycle

The Carbon Cycle http: //www. esrl. noaa. gov/gmd/outreach/carbon_toolkit/basics. html

The Carbon Cycle — With Labels Reservoir Source Sink Feedback Reservoir Feedback Source Reservoir Source Others? Source Sink Reservoir Source Feedback Reservoir Sink http: //www. esrl. noaa. gov/gmd/outreach/carbon_toolkit/basics. html

The Carbon Cycle — With Measurable Quantities Identified ppm Value Can Be Measured Units of Measured Quantity % reflectivity ppm mm/hr µg/m 2 lbs CO 2/k. Wh % coverage houses/mi 2 g C/kg soil Others? mm/hr µg/m 3 % cultivated land W L/hr vehicles/hr g C/m 3 mg/L mm/year http: //www. esrl. noaa. gov/gmd/outreach/carbon_toolkit/basics. html

The Carbon Cycle — With Quantifiable Relationships Identified Rate/Flux Can Be Determined Others? Flux = The rate of matter or energy movement (amount per unit time) http: //www. esrl. noaa. gov/gmd/outreach/carbon_toolkit/basics. html

How to Label a Systems Diagram Moving toward greater complexity within systems diagrams. Example of The Whale Pump

The Whale Pump Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ - Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ (2010) The Whale Pump: Marine Mammals Enhance Primary Productivity in a Coastal Basin. PLo. S ONE 5(10): e 13255. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0013255

The Whale Pump — With Labels Source Reservoir Feedback Sink Reservoir Feedback Others? Source Sink Reservoir Source Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ - Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ (2010) The Whale Pump: Marine Mammals Enhance Primary Productivity in a Coastal Basin. PLo. S ONE 5(10): e 13255. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0013255

The Whale Pump — With Measurable Quantities Identified Value Can Be Measured g. C/m 3 mg/L Units of Measured Quantity g. C/m 3 mg/L ppm g. C/m 3 Others? g. C/m 3 Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ - Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ (2010) The Whale Pump: Marine Mammals Enhance Primary Productivity in a Coastal Basin. PLo. S ONE 5(10): e 13255. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0013255

The Whale Pump — With Quantifiable Relationships Identified Rate/Flux Can Be Determined Humans Squid Rate/Flux Can Be Determined Others? Flux = The rate of matter or energy movement (amount per unit time) Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ - Roman J, Mc. Carthy JJ (2010) The Whale Pump: Marine Mammals Enhance Primary Productivity in a Coastal Basin. PLo. S ONE 5(10): e 13255. doi: 10. 1371/journal. pone. 0013255

How to Label a Systems Diagram Moving toward greater complexity within systems diagrams. Example of The Cryosphere

The Cryosphere Frozen Water Liquid Water Atmosphere Surface Ice Glacier Sea Ice Sheet Icebergs Permafrost Snow Lake Ice River Ice Ocean Deborah Gross, Carleton College, and Karl Kreutz, University of Maine, 2015.

The Cryosphere — With Labels Source Liquid Water Sink Source Surface Ice Feedback Reservoir Feedback Ice Sheet Reservoir Icebergs Ocean Others? Feedback Atmosphere Sink Feedback Frozen Water Reservoir Glacier Sea Ice Snow Lake Ice Reservoir Permafrost Reservoir River Ice Reservoir Deborah Gross, Carleton College, and Karl Kreutz, University of Maine, 2015.

The Cryosphere — With Measurable Quantities Identified Value Can Be Measured Units of Measured Quantity m/yr Frozen Water Liquid Water m/yr Atmosphere Gt/yr Surface Ice Glacier Sea Ice Sheet Icebergs Gt/yr Permafrost Snow Lake Ice m m Gt/yr m River Ice Ocean Others? Deborah Gross, Carleton College, and Karl Kreutz, University of Maine, 2015.

The Cryosphere — With Quantifiable Relationships Identified Rate/Flux Can Be Determined Frozen Water Liquid Water Atmosphere Surface Ice Rate/Flux Can Be Determined Glacier Sea Ice Sheet Icebergs Permafrost Snow Lake Ice River Ice Ocean Others? Flux = The rate of matter or energy movement (amount per unit time) Deborah Gross, Carleton College, and Karl Kreutz, University of Maine, 2015.