For earth, we constructed and used three different surface heat budget models to elucidate some of the key processes involved in the climate system. each model included/simulated different physical processes. by evaluating how close to the earth's observed temperature the models' predictions were we could learn about both the key processes and loosely how they worked. in this problem, you will use the two end member models - bare rock model and single pane greenhouse model - to perform similar analyses for two of the other 'rocky planets' in the solar system: mercury and mars. key data can be found in table 1. note: don't forget to show your work; otherwise partial credit cannot be given! table 1: surface heat budget data for mercury and mars planet solar constant, so albedo, a unitless observed surface temperature [k 450 230 mercu mars 10,300 580 0.15 a) calculate the surface temperature for the bare rock model and the single pane greenhouse model for these two planets. place your answers into table 2. don't forget to show your work! (8 points) table 2: calculated surface temperatures for two end-member models planet mercury mars bare rock temperature k single pane greenhouse temperature k] b) evaluate your model predictions. for each model and each planet, compare the model predictions to the observed temperature. is it too hot? too cold? just right? (write at least a sentence per planet) (4 points) c) discuss what these comparisons can tell you about the key processes in the surface energy budget of each planet. make sure to support your claims with evidence from your calculations, i. e., the #'s in table 2. (write at least two sentences per planet) (6 points) d) finally, some background on these two planets. mars has a virtually 100% co2 atmosphere, but its atmosphere is only 0.6% as thick/massive as the earths-it is an even thinner thin veneer. mercury is so close to the sun that its atmosphere has effectively been blown away for all intents and purposes it doesn't have an atmosphere. use this additional planetary information to assess your results and conclusions above. identify whether your conclusions are consistent or not and if so why! (write a sentence per planet) (2 points)
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