W. Parker JacksonClimatology

Goals for this PresentationTeach myself how to use Power PointTo show you the amazing world of the

hydraulic cycleTo re-educate you on things you learned in

intro to Geography and have since forgottenI would love to make this learning experience

fun and entertainingContinue the trend of making fun of Al Gore.

Pretty picture of the Water Cycle®

The 3 Major Components of the Water Cycle

Which comes first?

Evaporation This the first step in the water cycle. Occurs

when the water in oceans, lakes, rivers, streams, puddles, swimming pools, or any other concentration of water is warmed up by the Sun. The heat adds energy to matter. This in turn causes the molecules to move faster, bouncing off of each other, they move further and further apart till they become gaseous. The water then becomes, vapour.

Most ill picture of Evaporation I could find on the interweb

2nd Graders’ Picture of Evaporation

Another over simplified example of Evaporation

Condensation

Once the sun heats the water molecules to the point where they become a vapour in the air, this warm air then rises high into the atmosphere where temperatures are a lot colder. The air cools down and the vapour turns back into water. This is where clouds are formed. Yay clouds!

Good Condensation

Bad Condensation

You best be usin a coaster under that glass!

Good Idea, Lance. Thank you.

Fog

Great South American Exports

The Humboldt Current

Discovered by Alexander Von Humboldt(Prussian)

It creates year round upwelling in Peru. Not so much in Chile

Approximately 20% of the worlds fish catch comes from this Large Marine Environment

Advection FogChilean Coast Californian Coast

California Coast FogLos Angeles San Francisco

PrecipitationWhen a large enough amount of water droplets form 'inside' a cloud, they become heavy enough to fall to Earth. This is usually observed as rain, but Precipitation can also occur as snow, hail, sleet, etc., depending on temperatures and humidity.

3 most common forms of Precipitation

SnowRainHail

Snow

Real Snow

Snow in action

Science and recreation on the snow

Testing the snow pack Snowboarding and skiing

Justin Bieber

Hail

Hail

Hail flow chart

Front Symbols

What happens when warm air and cold air meet?

When a front of cold air, which is low pressured, moves over a front of warm air, which is high pressured. The friction of the cold air sinking and hot air rising creates high wind speeds and the winds follow the path of the cold air spiraling down.

In short a tornado may occur.

Tornado

Cool picture of a tornado

Tornado map

Where does all this precipitation go?

Drainage and runoff

Drainage Patterns

Drainage PatternsDentritic; basic drainage. Tributaries coming

together to form a larger riverRectangular; this form of drainage is most

common in areas with lots of fault linesAngular or radial; This drainage is at the peak of

the mountain or hillTrellis; multiple small sources flow into a larger

body at almost an acute angleContorted; this type of drainage appears in areas

where there has been much change in the geography of the land

Parallel; many tributaries come together on a more steep then usual downhill slope

Most Common Patterns Dentritic Parallel

More DrainageTrellis Angular or radial

More DrainageContorted Rectangular

Shoulda stayed home, Al.

The endAuf wiedersehden Chus!