GEO 121 1st Edition Lecture 13 Outline of Last Lecture II Atmosphere III Standard Barometric Pressure IV Refraction V Absorption VI Types of Precipitation VII Chapter Highlights Outline of Current Lecture I Tropic Cone II Analemma III Solar Radiation IV Atmospheric Moisture V Absolute Moisture VI Relative Humidity VII Equilibrium VIII Chapter Highlights Current Lecture Everything always moves from high pressure to low pressure Tropic cone Area between the 2 tropics Those areas see direct sunlight twice a year Analemma A plot or graph of the position of the sun in the Sky at a certain time Solar radiation These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Lifts energy Increases pressure Atmospheric moisture The higher the temperature the more moisture the atmosphere can hold Absolute moisture humidity Amount of water present per unit of volume of air expressed as grams per cubic meter or grams Per cubic foot or percent Relative Humidity Ratio between the amount of water vapor in the air and the maximum amount of water vapor that the air could hold at that temperature if saturated usually expressed as a percentage Equilibrium 100 relative humidity Saturation Dew Point Precipitation What kind of conditions cause precipitation Passage of cold and warm fronts along with clouds Rising air cools and comes back down as it reaches dew point Chapter Highlights Pg 11 7 highs lows Pg 119 Pg120 3D diagram wind belts Pg 157 Windward us leeward Pg 139 Precipitation Pg 163 World map o Equator and 20 are labeled Correctly o 30 N doesn t exist o 40 should be 20
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