EOS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Atmospheric Pressure, Cool Air, Lapse Rate

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Earth and Ocean Sciences
• Course: EOS 110
• Professor: eos110

Document Summary

Part a: climate: this includes extreme conditions. Less direct at poles therefore less energy. Large bodies of water store large amounts of energy. Water will retain heat longer than a land mass of the same size. Troposphere- mainly heated by earth"s surface: decreases with height, affects type of precipitation (i. e. water, snowetc. , known as lapse rate ~ 6 c/km, pressure decreases with height. Large buildings can affect wind velocity and direction. However, they do have a higher albedo which can reflect. Green house gases change the amount of solar energy. Warm or cold water to coast line. Mountains block air movement or funnel it in another directions. Friction slows surfaces winds down: land winds are slower than over a smooth body (eg. ocean) Atmospheric state of a short period of time. Measure of average kinetic energy for a volume of molecules i ii decreases with altitude in troposphere.