 |  Introduction to Geography, 8/e Arthur Getis,
San Diego State University
Judith Getis
Jerome D. Fellmann,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Physical Geography: Weather and Climate
Objectives:After reading and studying this chapter you should be able to:
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Distinguish between weather and climate.
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Understand the role of the sun in supplying energy to the earth and how solar insolation varies by
latitude and time of the year; understand the components of the earth's solar energy budget.
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Understand the lapse rate and its deviations. Calculate the temperature at any elevation by using it.
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Understand the relationship between temperature, atmospheric pressure and winds.
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Understand the Coriolis Force and the Frictional Effect, and how both influence wind belts on the earth's
surface.
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Understand the importance of oceans, ocean temperature and ocean currents in relation to climate formation and change.
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Identify the various forms of precipitation and note under what conditions they are likely to occur.
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Understand the soil formation process.
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Understand the interrelationship between climate soil and natural vegetation.
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Identify the major climate regions using the Koppen climate classification system of temperature and precipitation and by their associated characteristics of natural vegetation and soils.
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Interpret climagraphs. Understand how to construct a climagraph from statistical information.
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Label a map of the world's climate distribution.
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2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education