Figure 5: Scientific methods used to detect climate change; a. & b. rooftop weather stations, c. instruments attached to hot air balloons which rise high in the air and descend, making measurements throughout the flight, d. satellite photographs and measurements of storm events, e.—i. collection of ice cores for paleoclimate analysis of trapped air bubbles, and j. analysis of tree rings.1
a. By J.-H. Janßen (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
b. By Walter Siegmund (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons
c. Balloon: NOAA
d. Satellite: NOAA
e-i. ce core: photographs copyright Reto Stöckli, NASA GSFC
j. Tree ring: NOAA Climate.gov
Figure 5: Scientific methods used to detect climate change; a. & b. rooftop weather stations, c. instruments attached to hot air balloons which rise high in the air and descend, making measurements throughout the flight, d. satellite photographs and measurements of storm events, e.—i. collection of ice cores for paleoclimate analysis of trapped air bubbles, and j. analysis of tree rings.1
a. By J.-H. Janßen (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
b. By Walter Siegmund (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons
c. Balloon: NOAA
d. Satellite: NOAA
e-i. ce core: photographs copyright Reto Stöckli, NASA GSFC
j. Tree ring: NOAA Climate.gov
Sources:
a. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Weather_vane_2748.JPG
b.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWetterstation_Mettingen_Schlickelde_Davis_Weather_Station_Equipment.jpg
c. http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/balloon.html
d. http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/s2879.htm
e-i. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Paleoclimatology_IceCores/
j. https://www.climate.gov/news-features/features/will-boulders-water-supply-stand-climate-change