UPSC · Prelims and Mains
Indian and World Geography
← ClimatologyDistribution of temperature
- Factors: latitude, altitude, distance from the sea, air masses, ocean currents, aspect
- Land and sea contrast: specific heat, seasonal reversal of temperature contrast, annual range
- Interpreting January and July isotherms across hemispheres
- Temperature inversion: conditions, valley inversion, effects
- Normal, dry and wet adiabatic lapse rates and stability
