ENVIRSC 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Celsius, Fahrenheit, Atmospheric Circulation
26 Apr 2015
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In 2005, hurricane katrina was one of a record 27 tropical storms to form in the atlantic. 2005 it made landfall just east of new orleans, inundating the city with up to 6m (20 feet) of flood water. What is weather: earth is made up of several interlinked systems, a system is: a set of interacting/interrelated elements forming a complex whole. Each system can be defined, systems interact with each other and their parts interact within the system: atmosphere. Mixture of gas molecules , small suspended particles of solid and liquid, falling precipitation. Thin blue region along edge of earth. Gaseous part of earth from its surface to the exosphere where atmosphere gradually merges with space. Without atmosphere, earth won"t have lake or oceans: hydrosphere. Liquid roam of the earth fresh, salt and frozen water (snow & ice) Frozen part of earth sometimes treated separately as the cryosphere: lithosphere (geosphere) Includes rocks and geological material making up the planet.
