Lab
1. Find and list the latitude and longitude (to the nearest 0.5 decimal degree) for the following cities.
a. Paris, France
b. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
c. Madrid, Spain
d. NYC, New York
e. Tokyo, Japan
2. Label each city from question 1 with their corresponding letter (a-e) on the blank map at the end of the lab.
3. How many possible degrees exist for latitude? Longitude?
4. Explain why the above two numbers for questions 3 different?
5. What governs the locations of lines of longitude? What is the relationship between the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England and the Prime Meridian?
6. Define sub-solar point. Between which two lines of latitude can sub-solar points on the Earth be found?
7. What is the relationship between the sub-solar point and the declination for a given day in the year?
8. The following location coordinates have errors in them. Determine the error and explain why it is wrong.
a. 118.5oN, 39oW
b. 47.5oS, 181oE
c. 0os, 97oE
9. Draw a graph representing the pressure profile of the atmosphere as you increase in altitude. Draw a second graph of the temperature profile. Include in your graph the 4 "shells" of the atmosphere based on the temperature criterion, and labels for each axis.
10. Draw the Earth-Sun diagram for BOTH the June and December solstices. Make sure you label the following: the date it falls on, The Tropics, the Circles, the Equator, and the Circle of Illumination. Include on the diagram an X in the location where the sub-solar points is for each solstice.
