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 After reading, studying, and discussing Chapter 3, you should be able to:
- Describe how the daily mean, daily range, monthly mean, annual mean, and annual temperature range are determined.
- List the factors that cause temperature to vary from place to place and time to time.
- Discuss the factors that contribute to the differential heating and cooling of land and water.
- Describe the influence of ocean currents, altitude, geographic position, cloud cover, and albedo on temperature.
- Relate the major controls of temperature to the world distribution of temperature.
- Discuss daily and annual temperature variations.
- Explain how mechanical and electrical thermometers operate.
- Describe the differences between the Fahrenheit, Celsius, and Kelvin temperature scales.
- Relate how heating degree-days, cooling degree-days, and growing degree-days are calculated.
- Explain the indices that are used to report the human perception of temperature.
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