GG101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Equinox, Solar Constant, Longwave
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Longitude angular distance e or w of a chosen point, 0-180 degrees. Pole greenwich , england- pole ( starting points) Prime meridian is the beginning (e) and there is another imaginary line (international date line) All the lines of the longitude are the same length and they are unlike the latitude. Latitude is an angular distance n or s. the name of the latitude is parallel. The degrees of it is the 360 degrees. If you move from the equator from the 45 degrees and you go north it will degrees. A great circle is a plane intersecting the globe dividing the globe into equal halves and passes through its center. A small circle is a plane that intersects the globe along a small circle splits the globe into unequal sections-this plane doesn(cid:859)t not pass through the (cid:272)enter of the glo(cid:271)e. Map a generalized view of an area, as seen from above and reduced in size.
