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For lab courses in physical geography and atmospheric sciences.
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Physical Geography Laboratory Manual for McKnight’s Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation provides a comprehensive set of lab exercises to accompany any physical geography curriculum. The 13th Edition features new labs on Groundwater and GIS and Remote Sensing, along with a new dedicated Mastering Geography course with eText that includes a variety of media-rich assignable activities, as well as pre and post lab assessments for each lab exercise.
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Darrel Hess began teaching geography at City College of San Francisco in 1990 and served as chair of the Earth Sciences Department from 1995 to 2009. After earning his bachelor's degree in geography at the University of California, Berkeley, in 1978, he served for two years as a teacher in the Peace Corps on Jeju Island, Korea. Upon returning to the United States, he worked as a writer, photographer, and audio visual producer. His association with Tom McKnight began as a graduate student at UCLA, where he served as one of Tom's teaching assistants. Their professional collaboration developed after Darrel graduated from UCLA with a master's degree in geography in 1990. He first wrote the Study Guide that accompanied the fourth edition of Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation, and then the Laboratory Manual that accompanied the fifth edition. Darrel continues to author the Laboratory Manual, along with the California Edition of this book, now in its fourth incarnation. In 1999 Tom asked Darrel to join him as coauthor of the textbook. Darrel was the 2014 recipient of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) Gilbert Grosvenor Geographic Education Honors. As did Tom, Darrel greatly enjoys the outdoor world. Darrel and his wife, Nora, are avid hikers, campers, and scuba divers.
Introduction
Exercise 1 Metric Conversions
Exercise 2 Location
Exercise 3 Time
Exercise 4 Map Scale
Exercise 5 Map Projections
Exercise 6 Isolines
Exercise 7 Landscape Analysis with Google Earth™ and The National Map*
Exercise 8 Geographic Information Systems and Remote Sensing*
Exercise 9 Earth–Sun Relations
Exercise 10 Solar Angle
Exercise 11 Insolation
Exercise 12 Temperature Patterns
Exercise 13 Air Pressure
Exercise 14 Wind
Exercise 15 Humidity
Exercise 16 Adiabatic Processes
Exercise 17 Stability
Exercise 18 Midlatitude Cyclones*
Exercise 19 Weather Maps*
Exercise 20 Weather Satellite Images*
Exercise 21 Doppler Weather Radar*
Exercise 22 Hurricanes*
Exercise 23 Climate Classification*
Exercise 24 Weather Variability and Climate Change
Exercise 25 Groundwater
Exercise 26 Biomes and Ecological Land Units*
Exercise 27 Soils*
Exercise 28 Contour Lines
Exercise 29 U.S. Geological Survey Topographic Maps*
Exercise 30 Topographic Profiles
Exercise 31 U.S. Public Land Survey System
Exercise 32 Remote Imagery and Stereograms
Exercise 33 Plate Tectonics
Exercise 34 Volcanoes*
Exercise 35 Volcanic Calderas*
Exercise 36 Faulting*
Exercise 37 The San Andreas Fault*
Exercise 38 Mass Wasting*
Exercise 39 Drainage Basins
Exercise 40 Floodplains*
Exercise 41 Stream Drainage Patterns*
Exercise 42 Stream Rejuvenation*
Exercise 43 Flood Recurrence Intervals
Exercise 44 Karst Topography*
Exercise 45 Desert Landforms*
Exercise 46 Sand Dunes
Exercise 47 Continental Glaciation*
Exercise 48 Alpine Glaciation*
Exercise 49 Coastal Landforms*
Appendix I Glossary
Appendix II Math Skills Practice Worksheet
Appendix III Weather Map Symbols
Appendix IV Topographic Map Symbols
Appendix V Color Maps and Images
Exercises with an asterisk * include links to make use of optional online imagery, media, or Google Earth™.
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