WEATHER
AND CLIMATE
IMPORTANT TERMS/CONCEPTS FOR PART I
 Eccentricity
Density
Rotation
Revolution
Solar
Nebula
Oblate
Ellipsoid
Relief
(absolute and relative)
Rotational
Velocity (absolute and angular)
Parallels
of Latitude
Meridians
of Longitude
Prime
Meridian
International
Date Line
Geographic
Grid
Degrees,
minutes and seconds
Nautical
mile
Solar
Inclination
Sub-Solar
Point (SSP)
Solar
noon
Standard
Time Zones
Diurnal
Cycle
Coriolis
Effect
Plane
of the Ecliptic
Perihelion
Aphelion
Polaris
(North Star)
Insolation
Equinox
Solstice
Tropic
of Cancer/Capricorn
Arctic/Antarctic
Circle
North/South
Poles
Equator
Circle
of Illumination
Analemma
Astronomical
Forcing Mechanisms
Milankovitch
Cycles
Obliquity
of the Ecliptic
Precession
of Equinoxes
 Atmosphere
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Argon
Trace
gases
Carbon
Dioxide
Photosynthesis
Greenhouse
Effect
Stratospheric
Ozone
Chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs)
Water
Vapor
Heat
Transport Processes
Krakatoa
Nuclear
Winter
troposphere
tropopause
Stratosphere
Normal
Lapse Rate
Atmospheric
Pressure
Millibar
(mb), Bar
Barometer
Torricelli
 Atmospheric Path Length
Radiant
Energy
Wavelength
Micrometer
(micron)
Frequency
Speed
of Light
Electromagnetic
Spectrum
Ultraviolet
Radiation
Visible
Radiation
Infrared
Radiation
Energy
Calorie,
Joule
Temperature
Fahrenheit,
Celsius, Kelvin
Watt
(J/s)
Radiation
Flux Density (W/m2)
Solar
Constant = 1372 W/m2
Stefan-Boltzmann
Rule
Wein
Displacement Rule
Kirchoff's
Rule
Short
wave (solar) radiation
Long
wave (thermal) radiation
For further information, please contact
Dr. Kenneth M. Hinkel, Department of
Geography, 400F Braunstein, ML 131, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati,
Ohio 45221-0131
Phone: (513) 556-3430, Fax: (513) 556-3370, E-mail: Kenneth.Hinkel@uc.edu
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