1. de aardrotatie........................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 gevolgen van de aardrotatie .................................................................................................................. 3
1/ PLAATSBEPALING OP AARDE .............................................................................................................. 3
2/ AFWISSELING VAN DAG EN NACHT .................................................................................................... 3
3/ TIJDSINDELING OP AARDE .................................................................................................................. 3
4/ AFBUIGING WINDEN EN ZEESTROMINGEN ......................................................................................... 4
5/ AFPLATTING VAN DE AARDE ................................................................................................................ 4
2. de aardrevolutie ....................................................................................................................................... 5
2.1 schijnbare vs werkelijke beweging ........................................................................................................ 5
2.2 de ellipsvormige baan van de aarde rond de zon ................................................................................... 5
2.3 de aardrevolutie bepaalt het kalenderjaar ............................................................................................ 5
2.4 de schuine stand van de aardas veroorzaakt de seizoenen ................................................................... 5
2.5 Culiminatieverschillen bepalen de klimaatgordels op aarde ................................................................. 6
3. structure of the atmosphere ..................................................................................................................... 6
3.1 structure of the atmosphere ................................................................................................................. 6
3.2 Ozone ................................................................................................................................................... 7
1/ Formation of ozone: the ozone cycle ................................................................................................... 7
2/ Good vs bad ozone .............................................................................................................................. 7
3.3 Layers of the atmosphere ..................................................................................................................... 7
4. earth’s energy budget ............................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 the climate system ............................................................................................................................... 8
4.2 Factors affecting temperature .............................................................................................................. 8
1/ LATITUDE (BREEDTELIGGING) ............................................................................................................. 8
2/ ALTITUDE (HOOGTELIGGING) ............................................................................................................. 9
3/ LOCATION NEAR THE SEA ................................................................................................................... 9
4/ OCEAN CURRENTS (GOLFSTROOM) ................................................................................................... 9
5/ LAND SURFACE / VEGETATION.......................................................................................................... 10
6/ COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE ............................................................................................... 10
5. air pressure and wind ............................................................................................................................. 10
5.1 introduction........................................................................................................................................ 10
5.2 air pressure and creation of wind ........................................................................................................ 10
6. precipitation ........................................................................................................................................... 10
, 6.1 the hydrological cycle ......................................................................................................................... 10
6.2 humidity may lead to precipitation...................................................................................................... 11
7. Western European weather .................................................................................................................... 12
7.1 Different air mass types (6) ................................................................................................................. 12
7.2 Weather conditions: fronts ................................................................................................................. 12