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Class 3a: The Round Earth, or Map Projections and Climate Basics

Class 3a: The Round Earth, or Map Projections and Climate Basics. How hot is it?. What determines temperature? Insolation ( in coming so lar radi ation ) Cloud cover Altitude Water vapor in the air Land or water Air movement (wind). Insolation.

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Class 3a: The Round Earth, or Map Projections and Climate Basics

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  1. Class 3a: The Round Earth, orMap Projections and Climate Basics

  2. How hot is it? • What determines temperature? • Insolation (incoming solar radiation) • Cloud cover • Altitude • Water vapor in the air • Land or water • Air movement (wind)

  3. Insolation • Only at one latitude at a time are the sun’s rays overhead • Between Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn • Everywhere else, rays are diffused

  4. What causes the seasons? • Volunteers? • The tilt of the earth • The angle of sunlight • The change in heat received from the sun

  5. Latitude and longitude • Latitude: how far north or south • From 0° at equator to 90° at poles • Each parallel of latitude is a different size • Key latitudes: Equator, 23.5°N and S

  6. Latitude and longitude • Longitude: how far east or west • East or west of what? • 1884 agreement on prime meridian at Greenwich • Each meridian of longitude is the same distance around • Not parallel lines • Key longitudes: Prime Meridian, International Date Line, 100th meridian

  7. Map projections • Project a round globe onto a flat surface • Options? • Stretch out some areas • Cut out some areas • Shrink some areas

  8. Map projections • Three properties to consider • Area (equal-area or equivalent) • Shape (conformal) • Distance (equidistant) • Choosetwo out of three • How large an area? • Purpose of the map • Ulterior motives?

  9. Cylindrical projections • Shapes are preserved • But not area! • Mercator projection • Deliberate distortion? • Cold War • Colonialism

  10. Cylindrical projections: Gall- Peters • Also preserves area • Distorts shape differently • Adjusting Mercator for a more “just” map

  11. Conic projections • Best for hemispheres or small regions • Area and shape only slightly distorted

  12. Planar projections • Equidistant; good for navigation • Only good for one hemisphere • Distorts area, not shape

  13. Other projections • Based on more complicated math • Interrupted, oval, combination Robinson Goode

  14. Dymaxion

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