radiation balance http://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/3/8/1603
and spectra, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atmosp...
sea level rise, http://ibis.grdl.noaa.gov/SAT/SeaLevelRi...
and other things. http://www.ssmi.com/
Fossil leaves are used to determine atmospheric CO2 concentration https://www.soils.org/publications/cs/ab...
prior to reliable direct measurements that began in 1850 using absorption chambers. http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/dow...
Phenological records http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenology
are used to determine historical temperatures http://www.drroyspencer.com/global-warmi...
from before they were tracked with thermometers. [1]
Telescopes are used to track sun spots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Spots
Car filters are used to track radioactive fallout. [4]
There is also statistical analysis [2] of extreme events like flooding. [3]
Global warming is a recently evolved, insidious anthropogenic disaster. It is the documented historical warming of Earth's near-surface temperature. Global warming came into existence in mid 20th century and has been progressing at an unprecedented rate ever since. Global warming is sometimes used synonymously with the term "climate change". However a basic difference exists between the two. Climate change is identified state of change of climate which persists for a decade or longer, whereas Global warming is the combined effect of man made green house gases and change in solar irradiance. Global warming has emerged as a humongous problem facing the fast and ever growing world.
Speech about Causes of Global Warming and Mechanism
As mentioned earlier, it is a combined effect. Over the years of development of new and improved products for living, their has been a neglected, unwanted rise in gases that are causing gradual destruction of the protective blanket around our globe i.e. the Ozone layer. Global warming is an uncalled for event following employment of harmful greenhouse gases such as Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Nitrous Oxide (N2O), , Methane (CH4), and aerosols such as Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC), Hydrocarbons (CHC), etc.
These gases form O. free radicals which combine with Ozone and convert it to O2 and other non-protective gases. Thus solar energy which was impermeable to the Earth's atmosphere due to the unyielding Ozone layer is clear of all the obstacles.
Speech about Effects and Control of Global Warming
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the decade of the 2000s (2000–2009) is the warmest on record. The global mean surface temperature for 2009 is currently estimated at 0.44°C/0.79°F above the 1961-1990 annual average of 14.00°C/57.20°F. Global warming is a potential health hazard.
Personally, my climate research depends on thermometers, barometers and GPS receivers. Broadly there are instruments that make in situ (in place) measurements and those that sense remotely, such as the spectral imagers on satellites. There are hundreds of instruments, and they can be mounted on satellites, airplanes, boats, towers, buoys, balloons, UAVs, submersibles. The information is out there, dig it up.
barometer,thermometerETC
