Syllabus of Climatology:
- Composition and structure of Atmosphere,
- Insolation and Heat Budget
- Atmospheric pressure and winds;
- Moisture and Precipitation;
- Air masses and fronts
- Cyclone: Origine, Movements, and associated weather;
- Classification of world climates Koppen and Thomthwaite.
Study Materials of Climatology:
Composition and structure of Atmosphere:
Insolation and Heat Budget
Atmospheric pressure and winds;
- Temperature and pressure belts of the world
- Atmospheric Pressure and Their Distributions
- Pressure belts of the world
- Tri-cellular Model of Atmospheric Circulation
- Winds and Types of Winds
- Planetary winds
- Secondary winds
- Local winds
Air masses and fronts
Cyclone: Origine, Movements, and associated weather;
Cyclone: Origine, Movements, and associated weather;
Classification of world climates Koppen and Thomthwaite.
Question asked in UP PCS 2018:
- Explain the origin, development, and characteristics of a tropical cyclone.
- Give a brief account of Koeppen's classification of the world climates.
- Discuss the factors affecting the distribution of Insolation
For Solution:
Question asked in UP PCS in 2017:
- Explain the structure of the atmosphere.
- Bring out the distribution of air pressure belts and associated winds on the earth's surface.
Expected Geography Mains Questions for UPPSC-UP PCS 2020:
- Thomthwaite Climatic classification[ V.Imp]
- Temperate Cyclone[ V.Imp]
- Heat Budget [V.imp]
- Air mass [V.imp]
- Winds( Planetary, secondary, local winds, urban winds]
- Cloud
- Atmospheric Instability and instability
For Your Practices:
- Discuss the origin, movements, and characteristics of air masses and explain their role in influencing world climates.
- Explain and illustrate the life-cycle of a temperate cyclone and also describe the weather associated with it.
- Make a comparative study of the tropical and temperate cyclones.
- Discuss the criteria which Thornthwaite adopted in his 1948 classification of world climates.
- Discuss the development of local winds, and their influence on local weather, giving three examples of the well-known local winds in the world.
- Discuss as to how frontogenesis contributes to weather instability.
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