Visualizing physical geography

by Strahler, Alan H.

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Title Statements

Full title :Visualizing physical geography / Alan H. Strahler, Timothy Foresman.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012.
Edition:2nd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):John Wiley distributor, Wiley
Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012.

The Physical Object

Description:xxxiii, 590 pages : : color illustrations, color maps, forms (color) ; : 28 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780470626153, 0470626151
oclc:ocn751750664
LC Classification:GB54.5
Dewey Decimal:910.02

1.Discovering the Earth's Dimensions -- The World of Physical Geography -- The Science of Geography -- A World of Systems -- Methods and Tools for Geography -- The Shape of the Earth -- Global Location -- The Geographic Grid -- Latitude and Longitude -- Global Time -- Solar Time -- Standard Time -- The International Date Line -- Daylight Saving Time -- Mapping the Earth -- Map Scales -- Map Projections -- Distortions in Map Projections -- Frontiers in Mapping Technologies -- Remote-Sensing Tools -- Where Geographers Click: Remote Sensing -- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) -- Video Explorations: Solid Terrain Modeling -- Global Positioning System (GPS) -- Geobrowsers and 3-D Mapping -- What A Geographer Sees: Visualizing the Earth -- Where Geographers Click: Geobrowsers in Action -- 2.The Earth's Global Energy Balance -- Electromagnetic Radiation -- The Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Radiation and Temperature -- Solar Radiation

Insolation over the Globe -- Daily Insolation -- Seasonal Change -- Annual Insolation by Latitude -- Solar Energy and the Earth's Atmosphere -- Composition of the Atmosphere -- Video Explorations: The Dimming Sun -- Absorption, Scattering, and Reflection …