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Hydrology Review. Water Cycle, Atmosphere, Weather, and Climate. Hydrology. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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HYDROLOGY REVIEW
WATER CYCLE, ATMOSPHERE, WEATHER, AND CLIMATE
HYDROLOGY• HYDROLOGY IS THE STUDY OF THE MOVEMENT,
DISTRIBUTION, AND QUALITY OF WATER ON EARTH AND OTHER PLANETS, INCLUDING THE HYDROLOGIC (WATER) CYCLE, WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL WATERSHED SUSTAINABILITY. A PRACTITIONER OF HYDROLOGY IS A HYDROLOGIST.
THE WATER CYCLEMOVEMENT OF WATER FROM WATER SOURCES TO AIR, ONTO LAND, INTO THE GROUND, AND THEN BACK TO
WATER SOURCES.
STAGES OF WATER CYCLE• EVAPORATION• CONDENSATION• PRECIPITATION• PERCOLATION• RUNOFF
EVAPORATION• THE CHANGE IN STATE FROM A LIQUID TO A GAS
(WATER VAPOR). • REMEMBER WATER=H2O. WHEN SOLAR ENERGY
EXCITES THESE MOLECULES THE H2O SPLITS INTO H-H-O (1 HYDROGEN, 1 HYDROGEN, AND 1 OXYGEN) ALL GASSES!
CONDENSATION• CLOUDS FORM AS AIR COOLS TO ITS DEW POINT.• CLASSIFIED BY FORM AND BY ALTITUDE AT WHICH THEY
FORM.• 3 MAIN TYPES: • CUMULUS- PUFFY WHITE WITH FLAT BOTTOMS• STRATUS- FORM LAYERS • CIRRUS- THIN, FEATHERY, WHITE CLOUDS AT HIGH ALTITUDES
• CLOUDS WITH –NIMBUS OR NIMBO- INCLUDED USUALLY PRODUCE PRECIPITATION• CIRRO- IS USED TO DESCRIBE CLOUDS AT HIGH
ALTITUDES. • ALTO- DESCRIBES CLOUDS AT MIDDLE ALTITUDES.
PRECIPITATION • OCCURS WHEN WATER VAPOR CONDENSES IN THE
ATMOSPHERE AND FALL BACK TO EARTH IN SOLID OR LIQUID FORM.• EXAMPLES: RAIN, SLEET, SNOW, HAIL
RIVER SYSTEMS• STREAMS ARE VERY SMALL AND RUN INTO LARGER
RIVERS.• TRIBUTARIES ARE SMALLER STREAMS THAT FLOW INTO
THE LARGER STREAM OR RIVER.• DRAINAGE BASIN- WATERSHED- LAND DRAINED BY
RIVER SYSTEM.• DRAINAGE BASINS ARE SEPARATED BY AREA CALLED A
DIVIDE.• CHANNEL IS THE PATH THAT A STREAM FOLLOWS.
STAGES OF A RIVER•YOUTHFUL RIVER: ERODES CHANNEL DEEPER NOT WIDER, FLOWS QUICKLY B/C IT’S GRADIENT IS STEEP, WATERFALLS•MATURE RIVER: ERODES CHANNEL WIDER NOT DEEPER, GRADIENT IS NOT TOO STEEP, FEW WATERFALLS, MANY TRIBUTARIES•OLD RIVER: LOW GRADIENT, LOW ERODING, WIDE AND FLAT RIVER B/C DEPOSITS SEDIMENT ON BANKS, MEANDERS
• REJUVENATED RIVER: OCCUR WHERE EARTH’S SURFACE IS RAISED BY TECTONIC FORCES, STEEP GRADIENT
EROSION• IS THE REMOVAL AND TRANSPORTATION OF SOIL AND ROCK.• RATE OF STREAM EROSION IS AFFECTED BY MANY FACTORS:
• STREAM’S GRADIENT• DISCHARGE• SPEED• LOAD
DEPOSITION• OCCURS WHEN ERODED SOIL AND ROCK ARE DROPPED OR
SETTLED.• ALLUVIUM IS THE MATERIAL DEPOSITED BY RIVERS AND STREAMS.• DELTAS ARE DEPOSITS OF ALLUVIUM AT A RIVER’S MOUTH.• ALLUVIAL FANS ARE DEPOSITS AT THE BASE OF A MOUNTAIN.• FLOOD PLAINS ARE RICH FARMING AREAS B/C FLOODING BRINGS
NEW SOIL TO THE AREA.
WATER UNDERGROUND• GROUND WATER IS LOCATED BELOW THE EARTH’S SURFACE.• IT CAN DISSOLVE ROCK, ESPECIALLY LIMESTONE.• ZONE OF AERATION AND ZONE OF SATURATION MEET AT BOUNDARY
CALLED WATER TABLE.• AN AQUIFER IS A POROUS AND PERMEABLE ROCK LAYER THROUGH WHICH
GROUND WATER FLOWS.• SINKHOLES FORM WHEN THE WATER TABLE IS LOWER THAN THE ROOF
OF AN UNDERGROUND CAVE.
• SPRINGS ARE A NATURAL WAY THAT WATER REACHES THE SURFACE.• WELLS ARE MADE BY HUMANS TO TAP THE WATER
UNDERGROUND.• CAVES AND SINKHOLES FORM FROM THE EROSION OF
LIMESTONE BY GROUNDWATER.
METEOROLOGY-STUDY OF THE ATMOSPHERE
• THE ATMOSPHERE IS A MIXTURE OF GASES.• NITROGEN AND OXYGEN MAKE UP MOST OF THE EARTH’S
ATMOSPHERE. • AIR PRESSURE DECREASES AS ALTITUDE INCREASES.• THE COMPOSITION OF ATMOSPHERIC LAYERS AFFECTS
THEIR TEMPERATURE.
• TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES IN THE ATMOSPHERE AREA RESULT OF THE WAY SOLAR ENERGY IS ABSORBED AS IT MOVES DOWNWARD THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE.
LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
• TROPOSPHERE- LOWEST ATMOSPHERIC LAYER.• IT IS THE LAYER IN WHICH WE LIVE• DENSEST LAYER• ALL WEATHER OCCURS HERE
• STRATOSPHERE- CONTAINS THE OZONE LAYER WHICH PROTECTS US FROM HARMFUL UV RADIATION
LAYERS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
• MESOSPHERE- COLDEST ATMOSPHERIC LAYER• THERMOSPHERE- UPPERMOST LAYER OF THE
ATMOSPHERE • REMEMBER THAT AS YOU MOVE THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE,
TEMPERATURE VARIES!! IT CHANGES! IT’S DIFFERENT!
METEOROLOGY-WEATHER• WEATHER IS THE CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A CERTAIN
TIME AND PLACE. • IT IS AFFECTED BY THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR.• THE WATER CYCLE DESCRIBES THE MOVEMENT OF WATER ABOVE,
ON, AND BELOW EARTH’S SURFACE.• WATER IS CONTINUOUSLY MOVING AND CHANGING STATE AS IT
MOVES THROUGH THE WATER CYCLE.
• HUMIDITY DESCRIBES THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR. • RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS A WAY TO EXPRESS HUMIDITY. • WHEN THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR COOLS TO ITS
DEW POINT, THE AIR HAS REACHED SATURATION AND CONDENSATION OCCURS.
AIR MASSES AND FRONTS• AIR MASSES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY THEIR MOISTURE CONTENT AND
TEMPERATURE. • AIR MASSES FORM OVER SOURCE REGIONS.
• HAVE SIMILAR TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE CONTENT THROUGHOUT • A FRONT OCCURS WHERE 2 AIR MASSES MEET. • SPECIFIC TYPES OF WEATHER ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH FRONT.• FOUR MAJOR TYPES OF FRONTS ARE:
• COLD• WARM • OCCLUDED• STATIONARY FRONTS
• DIFFERENCE IN AIR PRESSURE CAUSE:• CYCLONES, WHICH BRING STORMY WEATHER• ANTICYCLONES, WHICH BRING DRY, CLEAR WEATHER
SEVERE WEATHER• THUNDERSTORMS ARE INTENSE WEATHER SYSTEMS
THAT PRODUCE STRONG WINDS, HEAVY RAIN, LIGHTNING, AND THUNDER. • LIGHTNING IS A LARGE ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE THAT
OCCURS BETWEEN 2 OPPOSITELY CHARGED SURFACES. • IT RELEASES A GREAT DEAL OF ENERGY AND CAN BE
VERY DANGEROUS.
• TORNADOS ARE SMALL, ROTATING COLUMNS OF AIR THAT TOUCH THE GROUND AND CAN CAUSE SEVERE DAMAGE. • HURRICANES ARE LARGE, ROTATING TROPICAL
WEATHER SYSTEMS.• CAUSE STRONG WINDS AND CAN CAUSE SEVERE PROPERTY
DAMAGE.
FORECASTING THE WEATHER• METEOROLOGISTS USE SEVERAL INSTRUMENTS TO FORECAST THE WEATHER.
• WEATHER BALLOONS• THERMOMETERS-MEASURE TEMPERATURE• BAROMETERS-MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IN “BARS”• ANEMOMETERS-MEASURES WIND SPEEDS• WINDSOCKS-MEASURES WIND DIRECTION• WEATHER VANES-DITTO• RADAR• WEATHER SATELLITES
WHAT IS CLIMATE?• WEATHER IS A CONDITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE AT A
PARTICULAR TIME.• THIS CONDITION INCLUDES TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY,
PRECIPITATION, WIND, AND VISIBILITY. • CLIMATE IS THE AVERAGE WEATHER CONDITION IN AN
AREA OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.• THE HIGHER THE LATITUDE, THE COOLER THE CLIMATE.
• CLIMATE IS DETERMINED BY TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION.• CLIMATE IS CONTROLLED BY FACTORS SUCH AS LATITUDE,
ELEVATION, WIND PATTERNS, LOCAL GEOGRAPHY, AND OCEAN SURFACE CURRENTS. • AS ELEVATION INCREASES, TEMPERATURE DECREASES.
• THE AMOUNT OF SOLAR ENERGY AN AREA RECEIVES IS DETERMINED BY THE AREA’S LATITUDE.• THE SEASONS ARE A RESULT THE TILT OF THE EARTH’S
AXIS AND ITS PATH AROUND THE SUN. • THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE CARRIED BY PREVAILING
WINDS AFFECTS THE AMOUNT OF PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS.
• PREVAILING WINDS AFFECT THE CLIMATE OF AN AREA BY THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE THEY CARRY. • MOUNTAINS INFLUENCE AN AREA’S CLIMATE BY
AFFECTING BOTH TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION. • LARGE BODIES OF WATER AND OCEAN CURRENTS
INFLUENCE THE CLIMATE OF AN AREA BY AFFECTING THE TEMPERATURE OF THE AIR OVER THE WATER.
• THE 3 CLIMATE ZONES OF THE WORLD ARE:• TROPICAL ZONE• TEMPERATE ZONE• POLAR ZONE
CHANGES IN CLIMATE• THE EARTH’S CLIMATE EXPERIENCES GLACIAL AND
INTERGLACIAL PERIODS.• THE MILANKOVITCH THEORY STATES THAT THE EARTH’S
CLIMATE CHANGES AS ITS ORBIT AND THE TILT OF ITS AXIS CHANGE. • CLIMATE CHANGES CAN BE CAUSED BY VOLCANIC
ERUPTIONS, ASTEROID IMPACT, THE SUN’S CYCLE, AND BY GLOBAL WARMING.
• EXCESS CARBON DIOXIDE IS BELIEVED TO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL WARMING.