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When you roll over the 8 small round pictures within this diagram with your mouse, you get a brief idea, what you can expect in each chapter.
When you click on the name of the chapter in the diagram you directly get to the first page of the basic section of this field. |
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Lower Atmosphere |
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Higher Atmosphere |
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Weather |
Unit 1: Weather and Fronts
- what is weather? definition of weather and climate - high pressure systems, low pressure system - fronts * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
Unit 2: Circulation Systems
- local circulation - global atmospheric circulation - el niņo, la niņa, global impacts * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3 * worksheet 4
Unit 3: Folklore weather forecasting
- forecasting by sun, moon, rainbow, clouds ... - forecasting by plants and animals - long range forecasts * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
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Unit 1: Floods and Thunderstorms
- flashfloods - riverfloods - types of Thunderstorms * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
Unit 2: Major wind systems
- major wind systems, trade winds, monsoons - southern oscillation & el niņo history - north atlantic oscillation * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
Unit 3: Biometeorology
- environmental changes and human health - weather and human health - wind chill * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
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Clouds and Particles |
Unit 1: Clouds
- water in the atmosphere - formation of clouds - different types of clouds
Unit 2: Particles
- where do they come from? - what do they become? - health effect of particles
Unit 3: Sun and Clouds
- albedo - clouds and climate - rainbow
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- Formation of droplets - Cloud types - Cloud chemistry
Unit 2: Particles
- Characteristics of particles - Transformation and removal - Particles and respiratory tract
Unit 3: Clouds, particles and climate
- particles and visibility - particles and climate - radiation budget
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Climate in Cities |
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Unit 1: Air pollution due to human activity
- what is air pollution - causes of anthropogenic air pollution - negative effects of air pollution - areas endangered by air pollution * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
Unit 2: Urban climate
- factors controlling the urban climate - the urban heat island - local air circulation * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3 * worksheet 4 * worksheet 5
Unit 3: Acid rain - History in Europe and status in Asia
- what is acid rain? - the main areas where acid rain forms - the main areas damaged by acid rain |
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Unit 1: Air pollution due to human activity
- energy production and transportation - industry and other branches of the economy - impact of air pollution - mitigation * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
Unit 2: Urban climate
- radiation balance - heat balance - water balance and precipitation - urban bioclimate * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3 * worksheet 4 * worksheet 5
Unit 3: Acid rain - history in Europe and status in Asia
- the origin of acid rain - impact on the natural environment and infrastructure - international research programmes on acid rain |
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Oceans |
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Food and Climate |
Unit 1: Plants and climate
- plants and the environment - distribution of crops over the world - weeds, diseases and pests * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
Unit 2: The climate change issue
- climate change effects on plants - contribution of agriculture to greenhouse gases - future food production * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
Unit 3: Drought in the Mediterranean
- what is drought - types of drought - drought and fire * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
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- crops - weeds, diseases and pests - history of the climate events with impact on food production * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
Unit 2: Predicting the future
- realities and uncertainties - from industrial development to global changes - case study Egypt - case study Spain * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
Unit 3: Drought in the Mediterranean
- relevance of drought - drought driving factors - drought management * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
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People changing climate |
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Unit 1: Human-caused climate change?
- what is happening to the climate? - how do we know? - where do the emissions come from? * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 * worksheet 3
Unit 2: How will a warmer world be like?
- example 1: Europe is flooding - example 2: waiting for rain in India - consequences for people * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
Unit 3: How can we hinder man-made climate change?
- what can you do? - what can the government do? - international cooperations * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
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- changes in greenhouse-gas concentrations - observed changes in the Earth's climate - inertia of the climate system - feedback effects - abrupt changes * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
Unit 2: What will a warmer world be like?
- the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - future emissions - changes in different parts of the world - vulnarability and adaptation * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2
Unit 3: How can we hinder man-made climate change?
- more emissions despite improved technology - emissions trading in the EU - the climate convention (UNFCCC) - the Kyoto protocol * worksheet 1 * worksheet 2 |
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