GEOG 2460H Study Guide - Winter 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Solar Irradiance, Instrument Flight Rules, Wavelength

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Outline: climate cycles, factors affecting climate locally and globally, radiation, water, air, systems and interactions, climate biomes, extreme weather events, climate history, climate change. System: systems drive climate better than a single factor, climate, system is ordered but randomized, flow of energy from the sun, ordered but not consistent, open system, weather, 2 week window limit prediction, climate, a 30 year window. Air: a lot of the heat goes to the equator, heat is distributed by the tilt of the earth and our wind currents. Hydro climatology: branch of climate, exchange of energy and moisture between the atmosphere and the earth"s surface. Oceans: the great conveyor belt, salt water is more dense than fresh water. Plants and hydrological cycle: they drive out atmosphere cycle, when plants evolved to have leaves, the co2 of the earth dipped. Historical climate of the earth: use sediment to age time, using varves, lake sediments, using tree rings.

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