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• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0321820436
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0321820433
• Author: Darrel Hess; Dennis Tasa

Continuing Tom L. McKnight’s well-known thematic focus on landscape appreciation, Darrel Hess offers a broad survey of all of the physical processes and spatial patterns that create Earth’s physical landscape. McKnight’s Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation provides a clear writing style, superior art program, and abundant pedagogy to appeal to a wide variety of students. This new edition offers a truly meaningful integration of visualization, technology, the latest applied science, and new pedagogy, providingessential tools and opportunities to teach and engage students in these processes and patterns.

Table Of Contents:

Copyright Page
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
CONTENTS
GEOSCIENCE ANIMATION LIBRARY
GEOSCIENCE VIDEO LIBRARY
PREFACE
ABOUT OUR SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
BOOK AND MasteringGeography WALKTHROUGH
1 Introduction to Earth
Geography and Science
Studying the World Geographically
The Process of Science
Numbers and Measurement Systems
Environmental Spheres and Earth Systems
Earth’s Environmental Spheres
Earth Systems
Earth and the Solar System
The Solar System
The Size and Shape of Earth
The Geographic Grid—Latitude and Longitude
Latitude
Longitude
Locating Points on the Geographic Grid
Earth–Sun Relations and the Seasons
Earth Movements
The Annual March of the Seasons
Seasonal Transitions
Significance of Seasonal Patterns
Telling Time
Standard Time
International Date Line
Daylight-Saving Time
2 Portraying Earth
Maps and Globes
Maps
Map Scale
Scale Types
Large and Small Map Scales
Map Projections and Properties
Map Projections
Map Properties
Families of Map Projections
Cylindrical Projections
Planar Projections
Conic Projections
Pseudocylindrical Projections
Conveying Information on Maps
Map Essentials
Isolines
Portraying the Three-Dimensional Landscape
GPS—The Global Positioning System
Remote Sensing
Aerial Photographs
Visible Light and Infrared Sensing
FOCUS: Using Remote Sensing Images to Study a Landscape
Thermal Infrared Sensing
Multispectral Remote Sensing
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Tools of the Geographer
3 Introduction to the Atmosphere
Size and Composition of the Atmosphere
Size of Earth’s Atmosphere
Development of Earth’s Modern Atmosphere
Composition of the Modern Atmosphere
Permanent Gases
Variable Gases
Particulates (Aerosols)
Vertical Structure of the Atmosphere
Thermal Layers
Pressure
Composition
Human-Induced Atmospheric Change
Depletion of the Ozone Layer
Air Pollution
PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT: The UV Index
Energy Production and the Environment
Weather and Climate
ENERGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Our Continuing Dependence on Fossil Fuels
The Elements of Weather and Climate
The Controls of Weather and Climate
The Coriolis Effect
4 Insolation and Temperature
The Impact of Temperature on the Landscape
Energy, Heat, and Temperature
Energy
Temperature and Heat
Measuring Temperature
Solar Energy
Electromagnetic Radiation
ENERGY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY: Solar Power
Insolation
Basic Warming and Cooling Processes in the Atmosphere
Radiation
Absorption
Reflection
Scattering

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