REVIEW SHEET FOR CLIMATOLOGY EXAM

Questions-Probably about 35-40 questions total but you will only have to answer 30 of them. The 30 you answer will primarily be your choice though I may insist that you answer a minimum number of questions in some categories

Question Types- a mixed bag. Probably about 25% will be multiple choice, 10% true/false, 40% a couple of sentences, 10% essay, and the rest will be matching, lists, short analysis and the like. I generally like to ask questions that force you to reason and relate different elements. In some cases there is no "correct" answer to a given question but rather a variety of answers that would be acceptable if structured and supported correctly

Make sure you read and understand the handouts, the first few chapters of the text (up to 52), lecture material, and the chapters on evapotranspiration from Miller (esp points I went over) I may ask a few questions from the text that we haven't gone over so make sure you read it thoroughly.

In general the test is going to be pretty heavy on general climate theory (first two lectures), radiation/energy budget material and evapotranspiration

Text--read pages 1 through 52. Pay particular attention to the following material and associated text

Fig 1-5

Fig 1-6

Table 1.1

Fig 1-11

Fig 2-1 2-3 2-4 2-5 2-6

Table 2-1 Box 2-2

Fig 2-9 and Box 2-3 Fig 2-12 2.13 2-14 2-16 2-21 2-25 2-28

Fig 2-32 2-33 2-34 2-37 and Box 2-6

Read but you don't have to emphasize sections on Monsoons Deep Ocean Circulation or Glacial Ice

Evapotranspiration Chapters

Pay attention to the sections we went over in class

Key sections are "energetics of evaporation starting on 252 ang going to 255"; "surface temp and vapor pressure" from255 to 257

Understand (page 259) why Lake Ontario has a strange evaporation pattern--tied to heat storage

265-67-"evaporation from shallow water bodies"

Handouts

1st set (1 thru 9 in black marker on upper right side of each sheet

1-know the areas of the spectrum we are interested in and the evidence for greenhouse effect

2-nothing special except illustrates Wien's and Stefan's Law

3-basically a repeat of 1 and 2

4-nothing special

5- know general albedo values (approximate)

6. Be able to explain in general differences in received solar radiation

7 KNOW IT !!

8. nothing special

9. Nothing special except shows you polar/tropical differences

2nd set (labeled 2-1 through 2-4)

2-4--know the reasons for the differences between the three sites

2-1 basically illustrates tropical/polar differences in energy budgets

2-3 and 2-4--be able to explain variations among the sites (with the exception of Lake Mead

3rd set (labeled 3-1 thru 3-8)

1-have a good idea of general albedo values for different surfaces

2-note strong variation in albedo with wavelength for some surfaces

3-nothing special except for metals emissivities approach 100%

4-know the pattern for an irrigated site

5. again have some general knowledge for a reasonably moist vegetated site

6- know the general pattern in R and LE and SH and currents by latitude for both ocean and land and the reasons for them

7.know the reasons for differences between continents and have a general sense as to what is happening and why for the figure at the bottom

8. other than latitudinal influences be able to explain variations for each of the four boxes