Geography 2152F/G Lecture 5: Lecture 5 Typed Notes
22 Feb 2016
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Earth intercepts only a small portion of the sun"s. Nearly all of the energy available at the earth"s surface radiation radiation the sun"s energy drives the hydrolic cycle and all weather phenomena on earth comes from the sun. The atmosphere composed of nitrogen (78%) and oxygen (21%) remaining 1% consists of water vapour, carbon dioxide and other trace gasses development and formation of precipitation. Water vapour in atmosphere can result in cloud: comes from evaporation from the oceans troposphere all weather (clouds and precipitation) confined to the troposphere. Ozone layer protects us from the sun"s harmful uv rays: found in the stratosphere. Names generally contain and prefix and a suffix. Prefixes: cirro- : high cloud, alto- : mid level cloud, strato- : low cloud, cumulus : puffy, stratus : flat. High puffy cloud cirrocumulus clouds that produce precipitation contain nimb in the name: nimbostratus (prolonged rain, light, cumulonimbus (heavy rain, thunderstorm)
