Geography

Concepts to cover

1. Factors: latitude, altitude, distance from the sea, air masses, ocean currents, aspect
2. Land and sea contrast: specific heat, seasonal reversal of temperature contrast, annual range
3. Isotherms in January and July: poleward bend over warm oceans, equatorward over cold continents
4. Temperature inversion: conditions, valley inversion, effects
5. Normal, dry and wet adiabatic lapse rates and stability