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Physical Geography Notes
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- GEOG 1100
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- Ohio University
Ohio University GEOG 1100 exam review, first semester class notes
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MCQ & true and false (50 questions) Hadley cell at equators
Its wet, cold, convective precipitation, year long precipitation (Every month of the year)
Monsoons
Wet season is high sun
Global winds
Name of really intense wind aloft--jet stream
Rosby
El Nino vs. La Nina
Which creates warmer trends and cooler trends
Oceans play important role in climatic characteristics
Name of hurricanes, tropical cyclones--Saperstein
Which country in the world gets most tropical cyclones?
China
Which state gets most hurricanes?
Florida
70% of the earth's surface is covered in water
What percent of people use groundwater as their source of water?
44% in the US
Water vapor in atmosphere varies from .2-4%
Higher concentration near equator (warmer the air=the more moisture)
Relative vs. specific humidity
Specific humidity-g per mg (specific measurement)
Dry adiabatic lapse rate, the wet adiabatic lapse rate and the environmental lapse rate
Dry: 5.5F per 1000 ft.
Wet: 2.2-4.9F per 1000 ft.
Environmental: 3.5F per 1000 ft.
Texas is the #1 in hail
Different types of precipitation processes (there's 3)
Orographic: mountain induced
Convective: warming, as air rises
Cyclonical- frontal
Radiation and convective
3 major category of clouds
Cirrus
Stratos
Cumulus
Alto & nimbus
Enhanced Fajita scale
Which climate type is Athens OH?
Moist continental
When's the wet season in Mediterranean
Low sun
Classification of climates (different types) Ex: wet tropical, know it's warm, at the equator and
has precipitation throughout the year, also referred to as lungs of the earth
Scientists that developed classification of climates
Copen
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