GEG 2304 Study Guide - Final Guide: Dont, Compressible Flow, Lapse Rate

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEG 2304
• Professor: Conrad

Document Summary

1-structure and composition of the atmoshpehre: atmosphere is a compressible fluid. Four layers to the atmosphere, most of this course concerns the lowest layer, the troposphere: composition of the atmosphere. Group 1: most abundant: nitrogen, (n2), oxygen (o2), argon (ar) Group 2: trace gases (we could include ozone (o3) here) Group 4: greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide (co2) and methane (ch4)) Group 5: aerosols, etc: evolution of the atmosphere - two questions here: 2. 1-how the 2 laws of radiation determine the greenhouse effect. 2. 2-temporal and spatial distributions of the incoming solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere and at the bottom of the atmosphere. 2. 3-you should be able to discuss the concept of the net radiation and energy balance. 2. 4-you should be able to describe and analyze global maps of the energy balance terms. 2. 5-you should understand the basic processes of latent and sensible heat transfer, and how these are influenced by the nature of the surface.