Physical Geography

This is an introdutory physical geography text designed for 1st or 2nd year undergraduate students of Geography, Geology and Environmental Sciences. A four colour text with a massive visual program that includes nearly 300 colour photgraphs, 300 line drawings and numerous maps and tables.

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Preface; PART 1. A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; UNIT 1. GEOGRAPHY; 1.1. Physical Geography; 1.2. A Century of Physical Geography; 1.3. Systems and Models in Physical Geography; 1.4. Geographic Magnitude; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: SLIDING SCALE; UNIT 2. THE PLANET EARTH; 2.1. Spheres of the Earth System; 2.2. Hemispheres; 2.3. Continents and Oceans; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: HUMAN POPULATION AND NATURAL PROCESSES; UNIT 3. MAPPING THE EARTH'S SURFACE; 3.1. The Spherical Earth; 3.2. Map Projections; 3.3. Map Interpretation; 3.4. Evolving Cartographic Technology; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: REMOTE SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT; UNIT 4. THE EARTH IN THE UNIVERSE; 4.1. The Universe; 4.2. The Solar System; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: COLLISION!; UNIT 5. EARTH-SUN RELATIONSHIPS; 5.1. Earth's Planetary Motions; 5.2. Seasonality; 5.3. Insolation and Its Variation; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: MEASURING TIME ON OUR ROTATING EARTH; PART 2. ATMOSPHERE AND HYDROSPHERE; UNIT 6. COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE OF THE ATMOSPHERE; 6.1. Contents of the Atmosphere; 6.2. The Layered Structure of the Atmosphere; 6.3. Research Frontiers; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: OZONE HOLES IN THE STRATOSPHERE; UNIT 7. RADIATION AND THE HEAT BALANCE OF THE ATMOSPHERE; 7.1. The Radiation Balance; 7.2. The Heat Balance; 7.3. Global Distribution of Heat Flows; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT AND GLOBAL WARMING; UNIT 8. ATMOSPHERIC AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; 8.1. What is Temperature?; 8.2. The Vertical Distribution of Temperature; 8.3. The Horizontal Distribution of Temperature; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: URBAN DUST DOMES AND HEATING PATTERNS; UNIT 9. AIR PRESSURE AND WINDS; 9.1. Atmospheric Pressure; 9.2. Air Movement in the Atmosphere; 9.3. Large-and Smaller-Scale Wind Systems; 9.4. Local Wind Systems; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: AIR PRESSURE AND WIND IN OUR DAILY LIVES; UNIT 10. CIRCULATION PATTERNS OF THE ATMOSPHERE; 10.1. A Model of the Surface Circulation; 10.2. The Actual Surface Circulation Pattern; 10.3. Secondary Surface Circulation: Monsoonal Windflows; 10.4. Circulation of the Upper Atmosphere; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE SAILOR'S LEGACY-NAMING THE WINDS; UNIT 11. HYDROSPHERE: CIRCULATION OF THE WORLD OCEAN; 11.1. Surface Currents; 11.2. Generation of Ocean Currents; 11.3. Flow Behavior of Ocean Currents; 11.4. Deep-Sea Currents; 11.5. The Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System; 11.6. El Nino-Southern Oscillation; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: THE NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; UNIT 12. ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND THE WATER BALANCE; 12.1. Physical Properties of Water; 12.2. Measuring Water Vapor; 12.3. The Hydrologic Cycle; 12.4. Evaporation; 12.5. Condensation and Clouds; 12.6. Precipitation; 12.7. The Surface Water Balance; PERSPECTIVES ON THE HUMAN ENVIRONMENT: WATER USAGE IN THE UNITED STATES; UNIT 13. PRECIPITATION, AIR MASSES, AND FRONTS; 13.1. Precipitation

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