PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
cod. 00459

Academic year 2009/10
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Susanna PEREGO
Academic discipline
Geografia fisica e geomorfologia (GEO/04)
Field
Discipline ecologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
24 hours
of face-to-face activities
3 credits
hub: -
course unit
in - - -

Integrated course unit module: GEOGRAPHY

Learning objectives

The Course gives the keys to understand causes and effects of main principal natural processes and phenomena. The Course contains several connected arguments: <br />
- Astronomy <br />
- Atmosphere and Hydrosphere of the Earth <br />
- The world’s climates. <br />

Prerequisites

- - -

Course unit content

<p><strong>Astronomy.</strong> <br />
The stars. The sun, internal structure and activity. Keplero and Newton laws. <br />
The Earth rotation. Phisical effects of the Earth rotation. <br />
The Earth revolution. Solstice and Equinox. Apparent path of the sun in the sky. The period of revolution: the year. Lengths of day and night. The twilight. The analemma. <br />
The time. Local mean time and standard time. World time zones. <br />
<br />
<strong>Atmosphere and Hydrosphere of the Earth.</strong> <br />
Structure of the atmosphere. Solar radiation through the atmosphere. <br />
Air temperature. Daily and seasonal variation in air temperature. Heating and cooling of sea-surface and earth- surface. <br />
Atmospheric pressure. Cyclones and Anticyclones. The Wind. The Earth’s Wind systems. <br />
The ocean waters and their circulation. <br />
Atmospheric moisture. Clouds. Forms of precipitation. Air masses. Weather fronts. Cyclones of the middle latitude. Hurricanes and tornadoes. <br />
<br />
<strong>The world’s climates</strong>. <br />
The world’s climates. Strahler classification and Koppen classification. Climate diagrams.  <br />
</p>

Full programme

- - -

Bibliography

 A.N. STRAHLER: "Geografia fisica", PICCIN (1984) <br />
A.N. STRAHLER: "The Earth Sciences", HARPER&ROW (1971) <br />
A. STRAHLER, A. STRAHLER: “Corso di Scienze della Terra”, ZANICHELLI (1996) <br />
T. McKNIGHT, D. HESS: “Geografia fisica. Comprendere il paesaggio”, PICCIN (2005) <br />

Teaching methods

- - -

Assessment methods and criteria

- - -

Other information

- - -

2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

- - -

Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student registry office

T.+39 0521 905116
E.segreteria.scienze@unipr.it 

Quality assurance office

Education manager

Office E. didattica.scvsa@unipr.it

Education Manager:
Claudia Caselli

T. +39 0521 905613
Manager E. claudia.caselli@unipr.it

Course president

Donato Antonio Grasso

Faculty advisor

Alessandro Petraglia

Career guidance delegate

Paola Maria Valsecchi

Erasmus delegates

Alessandro Petraglia

Quality assurance manager

Corrado Rizzoli

Internships

Angelo Pavesi

Tutor students

De Matteis Chiara