Climatology
Distribution of temperature
Practise 4 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Factors: latitude, altitude, distance from the sea, air masses, ocean currents, aspect
- Land and sea contrast: specific heat, seasonal reversal of temperature contrast, annual range
- Isotherms in January and July: poleward bend over warm oceans, equatorward over cold continents
- Temperature inversion: conditions, valley inversion, effects
- Normal, dry and wet adiabatic lapse rates and stability
Where to study
Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Class XI, chapter 8: Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature (Reprint 2026-27)
- ch. 8, Solar Radiation, Heat Balance and Temperature, p. 1-9 (book pages 67-75)
- ch. 8, Factors Controlling Temperature Distribution, p. 4-7 (book pages 70-73)
- ch. 8, Distribution of Temperature, p. 4 (book page 70)
- ch. 8, Inversion of Temperature, p. 7 (book page 73)
- ch. 8, lapse rate, p. 4-5 (book pages 70-71)
Certificate Physical and Human Geography · Goh Cheng Leong
- ch. 13, Weather
Geography Micro topics
- Adiabatic Lapse Rate