Geography 110H - Physical Geography (Honors)

Instructor: Dr. Andrew Miller

Contact Information:	Office: SS 211A	Telephone:	410-455-3151	e-mail: miller@ umbc.edu

Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday 10:00-11:15

Location: Academic IV 010 /SS 001 (lab days will be scheduled in SS 001 and will be announced)

Office hours: TBA

Dates	Topic	Textbook readings	Links to notes and comments, internet resources	Assignments
Sept. 2-4, 9-11	Earth systems and planetary comparisons

Geographic coordinates and spatial patterns

Earth-sun relations and the seasons	Chapters 1, 2	Link to notes

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 1
Sept. 16	Probing the atmosphere: composition and vertical structure	Chapter 3	Link to notes

Chapter 3

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 2
Sept. 18-23	Earth's radiation balance and temperature patterns	Chapters 4, 5	Link to notes

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 3
Sept. 25-30	Atmospheric pressure, winds, and general circulation	Chapter 6	Link to notes

Chapter 6

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 4
Oct. 2	EXAM
Oct. 7-9	Moisture, humidity, and precipitation	Chapter 7	Link to notes

Chapter 7

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 5
Oct. 14-16	Weather systems and atmospheric disturbance	Chapter 8	Link to notes

Chapter 8

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 6
Oct. 21-23	Global climates and the atmosphere-ocean link	Chapter 10; Chapter 16, pp. 482-494	Link to notes

Chapter 10

Chapter 16

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 7
Oct. 28-30	Hydrologic cycle and water resources	Chapter 9	Link to notes

Chapter 9

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 8
Nov. 4	EXAM
Nov. 6-11	Soils	Chapter 18	Link to notes

Chapter 18

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 9
Nov. 13-25	Ecosystems and biomes	Chapters 19, 20	Link to notes

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 10
Dec. 2-4	Solid earth, plate tectonics and landscape evolution	Chapters 11, 12	Link to notes

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 11
Dec. 9-11	Rivers and watersheds	Chapter 14	Link to notes

Chapter 14

Useful bookmarks	Assignment 12
Dec. ?	FINAL EXAM