1. Introduction to Geography By Arthur Getis Judith Getis Jerome D. Fellmann

2. Chapter 4 Physical Geography: Weather and Climate

3. Overview §Air Temperature §Air Pressure and Winds §Ocean Currents §Moisture in the Atmosphere §Climate §Climatic Change

4. Air Temperature §Earth Inclination §Reflection and Reradiation §The Lapse Rate

5. Air Pressure and Winds §Pressure Gradient Force §The Convection System §Land and Sea Breezes §Coriolis Effect §The Frictional Effect §Wind Belts

6. Ocean Currents §North Atlantic Drift §El Niño

7. Moisture in the Atmosphere §Types of Precipitation §Storms

8. Climate §The Tropical Climates Tropical Rain Forest Savanna Hot Deserts §The Humid Midlatitude Climates Mediterranean Climate Marine West Coast Climate Humid Subtropical Climate Humid Continental Climate

9. Climate (cont.) §Midlatitude Semideserts and Dryland Climates §Subarctic and Arctic Climates

10. Climatic Change §Inconstant Climates §Cyclical Change §Human Activities