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SPACE
Changes of
solar radiation
ATMOSPHERE
Clouds
CH 4 , CFCs, CO 2 , O 3 etc.
dust particles
Precipitation
Air-ice coupling
Bio
mass
Evaporation
Wind stress
Heat exchange
ICE
VOLCANO
Ice-ocean
coupling
Atmosphere-ocean coupling
OCEAN
Changes of
atmospheric composition
EARTH
Changes of land features,
orography, vegetation,
albedo etc.
Changes of ocean basin,
shape, salinity etc.
Figure 9.9 The physical processes and properties that govern the global climate and its changes.
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Figure 9.10 Variations in sunspot frequencies, 1610-2005.
 
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