UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS
B.Sc. DEGREE COURSE IN GEOGRAPHY
SEMESTER SYSTEM WITH CREDITS
(Effective from the Academic Year 2003-2004)

Semester III - Paper IV - Climatology and Oceanography

Duration: 3 hrs
Maximum Marks: 100
Credits: 4

(90 hrs)

Semester III

PAPER IV - CLIMATOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Unit I

Definition - weather, climate, climatic elements - surface composition and - structure of the atmosphere - Insolation, Horizontal and vertification distribution of Temperature, Range of Temperature

Unit II

Atmospheric Pressure - winds - horizontal distribution of pressure, planetary - periodic and local winds. Atmospheric moisture condensation, Forms of precipitation - types

Unit III

Airmasses and fronts - concepts - classification - cyclones - tropical - anti cyclones - climatic classification - Koppen's - Basic of classification and types

Unit IV

Surface configuration the ocean floor - continental shelf, slope, deep, sea plain and deeps - distribution of salinity in the seas and oceans.

Unit V

Circulation of oceanic water - waves, tides and currents - currents of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Ocean - Coral reefs - types

References:

1. Richl, H. (1954): Tropical Meteorological, McGraw Hill Book Co., Ltd., New York.
2. Garbell, M.A., (1947): Tropical and Equatorial Meterology, Bitman Publishing Corporation, New York.
3. Trewartha, G.T. (1968): An introduction to climate, McGraw Hill Book, Co. New York
4. Das, P.K. (1968). The Monsoon. Edward Arnold Ltd., London
5. John F. Griffith, Climate and Environment, London
6. P.K.Das, Monsoon climate
7. J.E.Hobbs, Applied Climatology, Butterworths, London