UGA GEOG1111 Chapter 3

Impermeable Surface

Impermeable Surface

________- Caused by cement, energy cant go through it.

Poles

________- Energy Deficit, more energy released than coming in.

Continental climates

________ have much larger ranges of temperature from summer to Winter.

Insolation

________ drives the earths atmosphere system.

wavelengths

Scattering is when light gets bounced around in the atmosphere without altering the ________.

Edinburgh

________ has a higher latitude than Montreal, but Montreal has the higher deviation though because its not near the ocean.

Temperature

________- The measure of average kinetic energy of individual molecules in matter.

Cirrus clouds

________ are lighter and thicker, transmit a lot of shortwave radiation to the surface, and has a warming effect because it slows the release of longwave radiation.

Temperature inversion

________: Normal conditions have air cool as it rises.

Troposphere

________- lowest most layer in the atmosphere.

Stratus clouds

________ are darker and reflect most shortwave radiation.

Evaporation

________ is higher over water surface.

Water

________ has a higher specific heat than soil or rock, meaning it heats or cools slower.

Energy

________ gets intercepted by lots of things: land, ocean, clouds, gases, dust, etc.

Transparency

________ affects transmission of solar radiation.

color black

The ________ has a much lower albedo and absorbs a higher percentage of radiation.

Latitude

________- Temperatures are reduced as you move north or south of the equator.

Radiative transfer

________: Deals with the energy leaving the surface and moving to the energy, greenhouse effect bounces the greenhouse energy back and forth until is escapes.

Albedo

________- reflectivity of a surface; expressed as % of insolation reflected.

Topography of landscape

________: The landscape determines whether pollutants are dispersed or concentrated in an area.

Cloud Cover

________- Low thick clouds keep the earth surface warmer.

Greenhouse Effect

________: Energy is getting absorbed into the atmosphere but is getting trapped, with the atmosphere delaying transfer of heat from Earth to space.

Albedo

reflectivity of a surface; expressed as % of insolation reflected

Latent Heat

Energy involved in changing the state of water (evaporation)

January temperature map

Thermal Equator moves southward

July temperature map

Thermal Equator moves northward

Wind chill

Correlates cold and wind speed

Heat Index

Correlates heat and humidity

Material

replace grass with cement, which absorbs energy very quickly