Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography

2. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-470-95276-4
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 274 mm, Gewicht: 703 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Strahler, Alan H.

Potosnak, Mark

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.