GEOG 2050 : GEOG 2050 Notes Exam 1
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What is geography: study of earth, spatial distribution of phenomenon at or near earth"s surface. Human geography: mapping sciences paper, computer, mental. Physical geography: concerned with spatial distribution of individual phenomenon. Themes: process things going on everyday, how humans relate to physical environment, interconnections between different parts of physical environment, lithosphere geomorphology, hydrosphere hydrology, biosphere life, atmosphere atmospheric sciences. Meteorology instantaneous state of atmosphere at certain time: often has forecasting as a goal, sometimes studied with geographic perspective, tangible, minute to days, daily forecasts. Climatology deals with long term state of atmosphere: long term variability, studied with geographic perspective, abstract, long term, month to centuries. Subfields of atmospheric sciences not on test: climatography, dynamic climatology/meteorology, physical climatology/meteorology, boundary layer climatology/meteorology, synoptic climatology/meteorology, tropical meteorology, applied climatology/ meteorology, climate change and variability. Micro scale: less than 1 km and shorter than 1 day. Meso-scale: 5-100 km, couple of hours couple of days. Hemispheric to global: several days, months, weeks, years.
