CLIMATOLOGY
ASSIGNMENT NO 1 TOTAL: 100 MARKS
1)
a)
Name the major climatic zones of India
b) Explain in detail any two of them 10
2) a) Name the important elements of climate
b) Explain the instruments used to measure
them 10
3) a) What is meant by ‘Site Climate’? 20
b) Explain the effect of landscape
elements on Site Climate with sketches.
4) Write short notes on;
a) Psychrometric Chart
b) DBT, WBT and WB depression
c) Earth-Sun Relationship
d) Earth’s thermal balance
e) Weather and Climate
Support your notes with diagrams wherever
required. 20
5) State the definition of “Comfort Zone”. How
do climatic variables influence the limits of comfort zone? Explain with
illustration. 20
INSTRUCTIONS
1.
Assignments
should be submitted in unruled A4 size sheets put together in a stick file.
2.
Write
only your Name, USN, Subject, Class, Assignment no & date on the cover
page.
3.
Make
margins on all sides of all the sheets with pencil.
4.
Use
either black or blue pen for writing and pencil for sketches.
5.
15
marks will be straightaway allotted if the above mentioned instructions are
followed.
6.
5
marks will be given for neat work.
SUBMISSION DATE
Friday, 07th of
September 2013
Not later than 1:30 PM