Alan H Strahler, Mark Potosnak

Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This student-friendly, interactive lab manual presents activities and experiments that enhance students' ability to both visualize and understand physical geographic topics. In a clear and concise tone, the manual requires students to first apply information they learned and then to critically evaluate the information.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 274mm x 216mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 703g
• ISBN-13: 9780470952764
• ISBN-10: 0470952768
• Artikelnr.: 34224530

Autorenporträt

Dr. Alan H Strahler is a professor of Geography and Environment at Boston University and is also the Director of Graduate Studies for their Geography and Environment program. He received his doctorate from John Hopkins University. Dr. Strahler is currently a member of the science team working to get the MODIS instrument to be included in the NASA EOS program. His research intrests include biogeography, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.

Inhaltsangabe

1: Our Place in the Sun
1-A, Latitude and Longitude
1-B, Standard Time and World Time Zones
1-C, Equinoxes and Solstices
1-D, Comparing Map Projection
1-E, Great Circle Routes and Rhumb Lines 2: The Earth's Global Energy
Balance
2-A, Insolation and Latitude
2-B, The Annual Cycle of Insolation
2-C, Duration of Sunlight at Different Latitudes 3: Air Temperature
3-A, Conversion of Temperature Scales
3-B, The Daily Cycles of Net Radiation and Air Temperature
3-C, The Daily Temperature Range
3-D, The Annual Cycle of Air Temperature
3-E, Drawing Isotherms 4: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation
4-A, Relative Humidity and the Dew-Point Temperature
4-B, Adiabatic Cooling of Rising Air
4-C, Adiabatic Warming and the Rain Shadow 5: Winds and Global Circulation
5-A, Converting Barometric Pressures
5-B, Pressure Versus Altitude
5-C, Isobars on the Surface Weather Map
5-D, The Wind Rose and Global Wind Belts
5-E, Upper Air Winds. 6: Weather Systems
6-A, Qualities of Various Air Masses
6-B, World Weather on a Day in July
6-C, Air Masses Around the World on a Day in July
6-D, Interpreting the Daily Weather Map
6-E, Anatomy and Geography of Tropical Cyclones 7: Global Climates
7-A, Seasonal Rainfall Contrasts in the Wet-Dry Tropical Climate
7-B, Climographs of Low-Latitude Climates
7-C, TheSubtropical Desert Temperature Regime
7-D, Climographs of Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates
7-E, Identifying Koppen Climates 8: Biogeographic Processes
8-A, Energy Flow in Ecosystems
8-B, Photosynthesis and Carbon Dioxide Concentration 9: Global Biogeography
9-A, The Forest Biome
9-B, Savanna, Grassland, Desert, and Tundra Biomes 10: Global Soils
10-A, Soil Textures
10-B, Soil Orders and Climate 11: Earth Materials
11-A, The Igneous Rocks and their Minerals
11-B, Size Grades of Sediment Particles
11-C, Geologic Maps and Structure Sections 12: The Lithosphere and Plate
Tectonics
12-A, The Lithospheric Plates
12-B, Kinds of Plate Junctions and their Meaning
12-C, Using Quasars to Tell How Fast the Plates Move 13: Volcanic and
Tectonic Landforms
13-A, Using Graphic Scales to Measure Distances
13-B, The United States Land Office Grid
Exercise 13-C, Mount Shasta A Statovolcano
13-D, Shield Volcanoes of Hawaii
13-E, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
13-F, Fault Scarps of the Klamath Lakes Region. 14: Weathering and Mass
Wasting
14-A, Exfoliation Domes of the Yosemite Valley
14-B, The Great Turtle Mountain Landslide 15: Fresh Water of the Continents
15-A, The Annual Cycle of Rise and Fall of the Water Table
15-B, Flood Regimes and Climate
15-C, Evaporation from American Lakes
15-D, Sinkholes of the Kentucky Karst Region 16: Landforms Made by Running
Water
16-A, Niagara Falls
16-B, Alluvial Terraces
16-C, Floodplains and their Meanders
16-D, Alluvial Fans of Death Valley, California 17: Landforms and Rock
Structure
17-A, Mesas, Buttes, and Cliffs
17-B, Domes and their Hogbacks
17-C, Mountain Ridges on Folded Strata
17-D, Stone Mountain a Granite Monadnock
17-E, A Volcanic Neck and its Radial Dikes 18: Landforms Made by Waves and
Wind
18-A, The Ria Coast of Brittany a Youthful Shoreline
18-B, Coastal Sand Bars
18-C, Barrier Island Coasts
18-D, The Ocean Tide
18-E, Crescent Dunes and Sand Seas 19: Glacial Landforms and the Ice Age
19-A, Living Glaciers of Alaska and British Columbia
19-B, Glacial Landforms of the Rocky Mountains
19-C, Moraines and Outwash Plains
19-D, Eskers and Drumlins