ATMOSPHERE - Continued

Influence of Land and Sea on Tropospheric Circulation

• Continentality
  • sea- and land-breezes
• Rain-shadow Effect and Clouds
• Monsoons
  

High and Low Pressure Systems and Tropospheric Circulation

• Cyclones
• Anticyclones
  

Winds Aloft

• Global Circulation Patterns at Upper Levels
• Rosby Waves
• Jet Streams

Atmospheric Pollution

• Air Pollutants: unwanted substance injected into the air by natural or human activities
• Types
  • Aerosols
  • Gases
  • Particulates
    

HYDROSPHERE

Water Cycle

• Water Reservoirs

The Water Issue

Domestic Water Use

Surface Water Partitioning