Physical Geography - Termlist #1
Prologue
Geography
Daily Insolation
-Human Geography
Composition of the Atmosphere
-Physical
Geography
Ozone
Layer/Thinning
Earth's 4 Spheres
Sensible Heat/Latent
Heat
-Atmosphere
Radiation through the
Atmosphere
-Lithospere
Albedo
-Hydrosphere
Global
Energy Balance
-Biosphere
Net Radiation
Scale
Poleward Heat
Transport
Systems
Solar Power
Time Cycles
Remote Sensing
Chapter 1
Chapter 3 - Air
Temperature
Earth's Shape
5
Factors Influencing Air Temperature
Rotation
Measuring
Temperature
Parallels & Meridians
Celsius-Fahrenheit-Kelvin
Latitude &
Longitude
Daily Cycle of Temperature vs. Radiation
Global Positioning
System
Evapotranspiration
Map
Projection
Urban Heat
Island
-Planar Projection
Environmental Temperature Lapse
Rate
-Conic Projection
Troposphere/Tropopause
-Cylindrical
Projection
Stratosphere
-Polar Projection
High Mountain
Temps
-Mercator Projection
Temperature Inversion
Map Scales
Annual Cycle of Temperature
Geographic
Information Systems
Land-Water Contrasts
Global Time
World Air Temperature Patterns
Time
Zones
6 Points about
Temperature Patterns
Revolution
5 points about Temperature Ranges
Tilt
of Axis
Global
Warming
Tropics/Circles
Solstices
Chapter 4 - Atmospheric Moisture
& Precip.
Equinoxes
Precipitation
3 States of
Water
Chapter 2
Transitions Among States of
Water
Electromagnetic Radiation
Where is Water and How Much?
Wavelength
Hydrologic Cycle
Electromagnetic
Spectrum
Global Water
Balance
Gamma Rays, X-rays, Ultraviolet
Humidity (Specific, Relative)
Visible
Light
Dew-Point
Temperature
Infrared Radiation
Dry Adiabatic Lapse
Rate/Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rate
Hot vs. Cool Objects
Clouds
Solar
Radiation/Shortwave
Cloud Forms
Earth
Radiation/Longwave
Fog (radiation,
advection)
Insolation and Latitude
Precipitation Types (4)
Sun Angle
Precipitation Processes
(3)