Earth Sciences 2240F/G Lecture 1: Earth Sci Exam Notes

• School: Western University
• Department: Earth Sciences
• Course: Earth Sciences 2240F/G
• Professor: Sean Shieh

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Weather short term state of atmosphere at given time/place with respect to temp moisture, wind velocity and barometric pressure. Storms like hurricanes studies to see if increase with weather. Climate average long term weather conditions for region of earth like average temp and precipitation. Di(cid:272)tated (cid:271)(cid:455) latitude, tilt of earth"s a(cid:454)is or pro(cid:454)i(cid:373)it(cid:455) to large (cid:271)odies of (cid:449)ater, al(cid:449)a(cid:455)s (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges. Earth"s pro(cid:272)ess ha(cid:448)e i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed (cid:271)oth by interfering with suns energy (cid:1006). (cid:1005) earth"s gree(cid:374)house incoming ultraviolet radiation passes more than infrared. Gas components reflecting radiation back to earth are co2 and methane. Ve(cid:374)us is earth"s t(cid:449)i(cid:374) only cause of size, greenhouse effect vapourized water, surface temp. Hoba meteroites 50 tonnes from 80000 years ago, Asteroid of several km would wipe us out. Chapter 10: the physics and chemistry of water and air. Troposphere surface to 12/20, strato 20-50, meso 50-80 and thermos -80-500/700.