Climate

study the past and present of atmospheric conditions.

Aristotle

Climate Calssiation -Temp and Precipitaions

Scale

The Koppen System

Most used climate classicaion system

A-humid tropical

C-humid mesothermal

D-humid mesothermal

E-polar

BW BS- aired and semiarid

H- highland

2 classtion - Thornthwaite system

local scale, for soil agriculture

Potential, Actual evapotranspiration

Climate Change

glaciations

interglacials

Methods

treering

pollen

Deepsea cores

O2 isotope

Glacial ice core

3 Nautral factor

7 causation theories

Oribaital Variations

    Eccenttrciy

    Obliuity 

    Prescesion

Solar variations

    Sunspots

    Global Temps

Ocean circulation

Changes landmasess and ocean basin

Asteroid Impacts

Volcanic Activity

Atmosphere change

IPCC

review

Tree,pollen,ice core

3 entering , sotore, losse

Great Cricle - = / 2, path- flying

Eratosthenes, - towers, sticks

3 mian pojections

All maps are disostored

Conforaml map, correct shape but not size

Equal area- correct size, not shape

Direction - to true north

Compromise

Key compents

Titel date legend scale, arrow

Scale large in deatl ot size

Types of Data

Discrete,

continuous

isoline

contour lines

isobar

isotherms: temp

Remote senseing

passive

and active

Direct rays

Obliuqeq

Diurmal is lag or heat and cool

6 controls

humans

water-land

wind

elvation

ocean currents

latitude

Koppen Climate

A Tropical

B Dry

C Temp

D Contintetal

E polar

Historical Geogrpahy

Greeks Romans Vikings

Benelux

German Rhine river

Laisses fair-hands offf

Potato- britsh shapes food outside

Macedoions to north macdoina -avoid war

Isthums-land bridge

Latino vs Histpica

Pope made brazil portiugguess

Cortex kille atzecxs

Mainland-Rimland