A confidence interval is the estimated certainty with which a given value can be stated.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 73 – Statistical Inference
A sample, once analyzed descriptively, can then be used to make inferences about the larger population, or environment, the sample was drawn from.
A sample, once analyzed descriptively, can then be used to make inferences about the larger population, or environment, the sample was drawn from.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 72 – Descriptive Statistics
Descriptive statistics is the discipline of characterizing and analyzing a data set.
Descriptive statistics is the discipline of characterizing and analyzing a data set.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 71 – The Normal Distribution
The normal distribution, or bell curve (named for its shape), is the probability distribution of a random variable.
The normal distribution, or bell curve (named for its shape), is the probability distribution of a random variable.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 70 – Intro to Statistics
Statistics is the branch of math which deals with data.
Statistics is the branch of math which deals with data.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 69 – Carbon Accounting
Carbon accounting is the method used for calculating carbon dioxide emitted and consumed by a given entity: factory, company, city, state, vehicle fleet, nation, or otherwise.
Carbon accounting is the method used for calculating carbon dioxide emitted and consumed by a given entity: factory, company, city, state, vehicle fleet, nation, or otherwise.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 68 – Boreal Forest
The boreal forest, also known as taiga (transliterated from Russian), exists mostly between 50 and 70 degrees N latitude and is primarily coniferous, mostly comprised of pine, spruce and larch.
The boreal forest, also known as taiga (transliterated from Russian), exists mostly between 50 and 70 degrees N latitude and is primarily coniferous, mostly comprised of pine, spruce and larch.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 67 – Evapotranspiration
Evapotranspiration is the delivery of water vapor into the atmosphere via evaporation from plant leaves and its release from plants via their ordinary metabolic processes.
Evapotranspiration is the delivery of water vapor into the atmosphere via evaporation from plant leaves and its release from plants via their ordinary metabolic processes.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 66 – Tropical Rainforest
Tropical rainforests typically have no dry season and are within ten degrees' latitude of the equator.Tropical rainforests typically have no dry season and are within ten degrees' latitude of the equator.
Tropical rainforests typically have no dry season and are within ten degrees’ latitude of the equator.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 65 – The Biosphere
If we consider the biosphere to be a system, it is very nearly closed.
If we consider the biosphere to be a system, it is very nearly closed.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 64 – The Polar Vortex
The polar vortices themselves--both north and south--are stratospheric winds 15-50 KM (10-30 MI) Above the ground and traveling east.
The polar vortices themselves–both north and south–are stratospheric winds 15-50 KM (10-30 MI) Above the ground and traveling east.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 63 – The Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean is the body of water which spans the North Pole and extends down to roughly 60 deg N latitude, and is surrounded by North America, Asia, Scandinavia and Greenland.
The Arctic Ocean is the body of water which spans the North Pole and extends down to roughly 60 deg N latitude, and is surrounded by North America, Asia, Scandinavia and Greenland.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 62 – Greenland
Arctic Circle. 81% of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet with an average thickness of 2 km and a volume of 2.85M km^3 (680,000 mi^2), enough to raise global sea level by 7.2 m if it were to melt.
Arctic Circle. 81% of Greenland is covered by an ice sheet with an average thickness of 2 km and a volume of 2.85M km^3 (680,000 mi^2), enough to raise global sea level by 7.2 m if it were to melt.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 61 – Antarctica
Antarctica is home to surprising biodiversity.
Antarctica is home to surprising biodiversity.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 60 – Snowball Earth
Icehouse earth is the state where polar ice caps do exist, and is our present state.
Icehouse earth is the state where polar ice caps do exist, and is our present state.
365 Days of Climate Awareness 59 – Sea Ice
Sea ice is ocean water which freezes directly into a floating surface, as opposed to glaciers, which form on land from precipitation (snow and rain) and occasionally flow down to the ocean.
Sea ice is ocean water which freezes directly into a floating surface, as opposed to glaciers, which form on land from precipitation (snow and rain) and occasionally flow down to the ocean.