GEOG 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cirrocumulus Cloud, Cumulonimbus Cloud, Thunderstorm

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Geography
• Course: GEOG 1350
• Professor: Jaclyn Cockburn

Document Summary

There is an equilibrium between incoming radiation and outgoing radiation. The sun"s energy drives the hydrologic cycle and all weather phenomena on earth. Earth intercepts only a small portion of the sun"s radiation. Theoretically what goes into the earth should come out. If the amount coming and going is balanced so to will the weather. 30% reflected to space (25% atmosphere, 5% earth"s surface) 70% of heat from earth lost to space (gases like co2 are keeping more of it within earth) It is composed of nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%). The remaining 1% consists of water vapour, carbon dioxide, and other gases. Water vapour in the atmosphere can result in cloud development and the formation of precipitation. All weather (i. e. clouds and precipitation) is confined to the troposphere. The ozone layer protects us from the suns harmful uv rays; it is found in the stratosphere. The troposphere the bottom 11km of the earth.