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| a sphere on a flat surface |
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| Three components of a map projection |
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Shape (conformal projections)
Distance (equidistant projections)
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| Three main classes of projections |
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| Characteristics of Mercator Projection |
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| Conformal Equatorial Cylindrical, preserves shapes, angles, and direction but not size of thing |
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Goode Projection does a job at
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representing sizes, shapes, and areas relative to one another
Interrupted homolsine projections but might not be that great for navigation with oceans |
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| Equator = how many degrees? |
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| Prime meridian= how many degrees? |
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| International Date Line= º? |
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| What hemisphere is the United States in? |
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| Northern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere |
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| do not penetrate well because they have long wavelengths |
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| penetrate well because they have short wavelengths |
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| we have particles scatter blue wave length and comes in from all directions to our eyes |
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| if shortwave radiation his a surface, (reflection by the surface) |
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| white surface _____ all radiation, albedo is _____ |
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| absorb all radiation, albedo is 0 |
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| directly overhead in july |
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| drives winds from higher to lower pressure |
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| Changes direction of motion, is nonexistent at the equator and maximum at the poles |
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| pressure decreases rapidly with _______ |
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| Spacial Scale V Map Scale |
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| We have already defined spatial scale as the size of an area/phenomenon while a map scale indicates what distance on a map would be on the earth’s surface |
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| Three main ways to represent map scale |
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verbal: 1 inch on map=1,000 miles on surface of earth
fractional: 1:24,000
graphical: a scale that depicts miles and km, 1:250,000 |
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| Alaskan, Hawaiian, Pacific, Mountain, Central, Eastern |
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| The international dateline is an example of a |
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| every millennium we need a leap day (because 0.241 rather than 0.240) |
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| earth is farthest from sun |
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| earth is closest to the sun |
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| When does the Aphelion happen in Arizona? |
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| the cause of season is because |
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all latitudes receive 12 hrs day & 12 hrs night.
Equinox means "equal night" |
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Dec. 21
tropic of Capricorn, 23.5ºS
arctic circle are in darkness all day 66ºN |
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| North Hemisphere tilted ____ from the sun during Winter Solstice |
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June 21
sun is over head 23.5ºN: Tropic of Cancer
latitudes North of 66.5ºN are in daylight the whole day
latitudes South of 66.5ºS (Antarctic Circle) are in darkness the whole day |
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| Northern Hemisphere tilted ____ the sun during summer solstice |
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| Dew point is a measure of ________ |
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| Three types of High Clouds |
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| Cirrus, cirrostratus, cirrocumulus |
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| Two types of Middle Clouds |
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| nimbostratus,stratus,stratocumulus, cumulonimbus |
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| is just cloud on the ground |
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caused by ground cooling air temperature down to dew point so condensation occurs
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| caused by warm air moving over cold surfaces |
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| Mountain fog, mountain in a cloud |
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| If earth's climate is unchanging then incoming energy must be balanced by outgoing radiation |
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| carbon dioxide, water vapor and a few other gases in the atmosphere absorb some of the terrestrial radiation emitted by earth and redirect it back to surface |
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| if ground is warmer than air then heat flows upward. If ground is colder than air than heat flows downward. So the average soil heat flux for the year is around 0 |
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| Elevation Angle and how do you find it |
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Angle between the horizon and the sun at noon
Need to know the latitude you are at and the subsolar point (where the sun is overhead) |
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| 90º-(your latitude - subsolar point) |
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| If you're _____ of the ______ circle during Dec. or Jan., you're NOT going to get a lot of daylight |
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| troposphere: ________ temperature with height |
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| stratosphere: temperature ________ with height |
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| mesosphere: temperature _______ with height |
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| thermosphere: temperature _________ with height |
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| What two elements cause global warming |
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| water vapor and carbon dioxide |
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| is energy and energy is simply the ability to do work |
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| total amount of radiation from a blackbody is proportional to the 4th power of its absolute temperature |
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