Elements of Climatology Questions

BA. Geography and Planning - GP

Semester: Second Semester

Level: 200

Year: 2018

REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON The UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA

Peace - Work - Fatherland P.O. BOX 39 Bambili

School: ARTS Department: GEOGRAPHY AND PLANNING

Lecturer(s): SUIVEN

Course Code: GPLA 2203 Course Title: ELEMENTS OF CLIMATOLOGY

Date: 07/07/2018 Hall: SOA 5 /6 Time: 08:30 – 11:30am

INSTRUCTIONS: ANSWER TWO QUESTIONS

1) The climate system is an interactive scheme consisting of five

major components. How do changes and interactions between

these spheres assist planners in understanding climate variability

and change? (35 marks)

2) a) Why is the troposphere considered as the weather making layer

of the atmosphere ? (20 marks)

b) What is the greenhouse effect and how does human activity

enhance this process (15 marks).

3) a)What are the conditions necessary for condensation to occur in the

atmosphere? (10 marks)

b) identify and discuss the conditions necessary for the development

of various types of precipitation (25marks)

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