GEG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Climatology, Geomorphology, Human Geography
6 May 2016
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_______________________________________________________________________: introducing geography: geography is the study of the evolving character and organization of the earth"s surface. It is about how, why, and where human and natural activities occur and how these activities are interconnected. The two sides of geography include: regional geography is concerned with how the earth"s surface is differentiated into unique places, systematic geography is concerned with the processes that differentiate places in time and space. The five fields of physical geography are climatology, geomorphology, coastal and marine geography, geography of soils, and biogeography. Climatology is the science that describes and explains the variability in space and time of the heat and moisture states of the earth"s surface, especially its land surfaces. We can think of climate as a description of average weather and its variation at places around the world. Climatology is also concerned with climate change, both past and future. Global climate modeling is one of the most rapidly expanding and challenging areas of climatology.
