GEOG 001 Lecture 28: Geog 1 (Physical Geography) - Lec 28
7 Dec 2020
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December solstice: northern hemisphere tilts away from son; winter begins in northern hemisphere; summer begins in southern hemisphere. September equinox: equator faces sun directly, neither pole tilts toward sun, all region on earth experience 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. June solstice: northern hemisphere tilts toward sun; simmer beings in norther hemisphere; winter beings in southern hemisphere. March equinox: equator faces sun directly, neither pole tilts toward sun, all regions on earth experience 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. Weather can change quickly when air masses with different properties meet. Front: the boundary between air masses that differ in temperature and moisture. Warm front: the boundary along which a mass of warmer, moister air replaces a mass of colder, drier air. Cold front: the boundary along which a colder, drier air mass displaces a warmer moister air mass.
