Laboratory Manual for Physical Geography

Dr. Alan H Strahler is a professor of Geography and Environment at Boston University and is also the Director of Graduate Studies for their Geography and Environment program. He received his doctorate from John Hopkins University. Dr. Strahler is currently a member of the science team working to get the MODIS instrument to be included in the NASA EOS program. His research intrests include biogeography, remote sensing, and geographic information systems.

• 1: Our Place in the Sun 1-A, Latitude and Longitude1-B, Standard Time and World Time Zones1-C, Equinoxes and Solstices1-D, Comparing Map Projection1-E, Great Circle Routes and Rhumb Lines 2: The Earth's Global Energy Balance2-A, Insolation and Latitude2-B, The Annual Cycle of Insolation2-C, Duration of Sunlight at Different Latitudes 3: Air Temperature3-A, Conversion of Temperature Scales3-B, The Daily Cycles of Net Radiation and Air Temperature3-C, The Daily Temperature Range3-D, The Annual Cycle of Air Temperature3-E, Drawing Isotherms 4: Atmospheric Moisture and Precipitation4-A, Relative Humidity and the Dew-Point Temperature4-B, Adiabatic Cooling of Rising Air4-C, Adiabatic Warming and the Rain Shadow 5: Winds and Global Circulation5-A, Converting Barometric Pressures5-B, Pressure Versus Altitude5-C, Isobars on the Surface Weather Map5-D, The Wind Rose and Global Wind Belts5-E, Upper Air Winds. 6: Weather Systems6-A, Qualities of Various Air Masses6-B, World Weather on a Day in July6-C, Air Masses Around the World on a Day in July6-D, Interpreting the Daily Weather Map6-E, Anatomy and Geography of Tropical Cyclones 7: Global Climates7-A, Seasonal Rainfall Contrasts in the Wet-Dry Tropical Climate7-B, Climographs of Low-Latitude Climates7-C, TheSubtropical Desert Temperature Regime7-D, Climographs of Midlatitude and High-Latitude Climates7-E, Identifying Koppen Climates 8: Biogeographic Processes8-A, Energy Flow in Ecosystems8-B, Photosynthesis and Carbon Dioxide Concentration 9: Global Biogeography9-A, The Forest Biome9-B, Savanna, Grassland, Desert, and Tundra Biomes 10: Global Soils10-A, Soil Textures10-B, Soil Orders and Climate 11: Earth Materials11-A, The Igneous Rocks and their Minerals11-B, Size Grades of Sediment Particles11-C, Geologic Maps and Structure Sections 12: The Lithosphere and Plate Tectonics12-A, The Lithospheric Plates12-B, Kinds of Plate Junctions and their Meaning12-C, Using Quasars to Tell How Fast the Plates Move 13: Volcanic and Tectonic Landforms13-A, Using Graphic Scales to Measure Distances13-B, The United States Land Office GridExercise 13-C, Mount Shasta A Statovolcano13-D, Shield Volcanoes of Hawaii13-E, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics13-F, Fault Scarps of the Klamath Lakes Region. 14: Weathering and Mass Wasting14-A, Exfoliation Domes of the Yosemite Valley14-B, The Great Turtle Mountain Landslide 15: Fresh Water of the Continents15-A, The Annual Cycle of Rise and Fall of the Water Table15-B, Flood Regimes and Climate15-C, Evaporation from American Lakes15-D, Sinkholes of the Kentucky Karst Region 16: Landforms Made by Running Water16-A, Niagara Falls16-B, Alluvial Terraces16-C, Floodplains and their Meanders16-D, Alluvial Fans of Death Valley, California 17: Landforms and Rock Structure17-A, Mesas, Buttes, and Cliffs17-B, Domes and their Hogbacks17-C, Mountain Ridges on Folded Strata17-D, Stone Mountain a Granite Monadnock17-E, A Volcanic Neck and its Radial Dikes 18: Landforms Made by Waves and Wind18-A, The Ria Coast of Brittany a Youthful Shoreline18-B, Coastal Sand Bars18-C, Barrier Island Coasts18-D, The Ocean Tide18-E, Crescent Dunes and Sand Seas 19: Glacial Landforms and the Ice Age19-A, Living Glaciers of Alaska and British Columbia19-B, Glacial Landforms of the Rocky Mountains19-C, Moraines and Outwash Plains19-D, Eskers and Drumlins