1. Temperature/Heat
Energy
a. Temperature as measure
of kinetic energy
b. Temperature
scales (°K, °C, °F); Figure
2.2
c. Latent heat energy vs. sensible heat energy Figure 2.3
d. Transport
of mass and energy by water vapor; Figure 2.4
2. Heat
transfer
a. Conduction, convection, radiation
b. Convective
cells (Figure 2.4, 2.12)
3. Electromagnetic
radiation
a. Wavelength,
amplitude, frequency, energy (Figure 2.7)
b. Boltzmann’s
law; Wien’s law
c. Solar
radiation vs. earth’s radiation (Figure 2.8, 2.9)
4. Atmospheric
absorption
a. Window
region, natural greenhouse effect vs. anthropogenic greenhouse effect (Figure
2.10, 2.11)
b. Earth’s
energy balance (Figure 2.15, 2.16, 2.22)
5. The
seasons
a. Unequal
heating of earth’s surface (Figure 2.17, 2.18, 2.20)
b. Figure
2.16, 2.18
6. Satellite
Imagery