SKMU UG Semester 2 Geography MJ-2 Syllabus 2025-29

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SKMU UG SEM-2 (2025-29)

GEOGRAPHY Major-2 (MJ-2)

SYLLABUS

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PART - A

THEORY COURSE CONTENTS

Unit – I

English:

Climatology – Atmospheric Composition and Structure; Insolation; Atmospheric Pressure and Winds.

Hindi:

जलवायु विज्ञान (Climatology) – वायुमंडल की संरचना एवं संघटन; सौर विकिरण (इंसोलेशन); वायुमंडलीय दाब तथा पवनें।

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Unit – II

English:

Climatic Classifications (Köppen's and Thornthwaite) and Regions; Cyclones: Tropical and Temperate Cyclones; Monsoon – Origin and Mechanism; El-Nino.

Hindi:

जलवायु वर्गीकरण (कोप्पेन एवं थॉर्नथवेट) तथा उनके क्षेत्र; चक्रवात – उष्णकटिबंधीय एवं शीतोष्ण चक्रवात; मानसून – उत्पत्ति एवं क्रियाविधि; एल-नीनो।

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Unit – III

English:

Global Warming; Greenhouse Effects; Climate Change; Urban Climate; Urban Heat Island; International Convention on Climate Change.

Hindi:

वैश्विक ऊष्मीकरण (ग्लोबल वार्मिंग); हरितगृह प्रभाव; जलवायु परिवर्तन; नगरीय जलवायु; नगरीय ऊष्मा द्वीप (Urban Heat Island); जलवायु परिवर्तन पर अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सम्मेलन।

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PART - B

PRACTICAL COURSE CONTENTS

Unit – I

English:

Interpretation of Weather Map; Drawing of Climograph & Hythergraph; Wind Rose.

Hindi:

मौसम मानचित्र का विश्लेषण/व्याख्या; क्लाइमोग्राफ एवं हाइथरग्राफ का निर्माण; विंड रोज (पवन गुलाब) का निर्माण।

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Suggested Readings

1. Barry R. G. and Carleton A. M., 2001: Synoptic and Dynamic Climatology, Routledge, UK.
2. Barry R. G. and Corley R. J., 1998: Atmosphere, Weather and Climate, Routledge, New York.
3. Critchfield H. J., 1987: General Climatology, Prentice-Hall of India, New Delhi.
4. Lutgens F. K., Tarbuck E. J. and Tasa D., 2009: The Atmosphere: An Introduction to Meteorology, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
5. Oliver J. E. and Hidore J. J., 2002: Climatology: An Atmospheric Science, Pearson Education, New Delhi.
6. Trewartha G. T. and Horne L. H., 1980: An Introduction to Climate, McGraw-Hill.
7. Gupta L. S. (2000): Jalvayu Vigyan, Hindi Madhyam Karyanvay Nideshalaya, Delhi Vishva Vidyalaya.
8. Delhi Lal, D. S. (2006): Jalvayu Vigyan, Prayag Pustak Bhavan, Allahabad.
9. Vatal, M. (1986): Bhautik Bhugol, Central Book Depot, Allahabad.
10. Singh, S. (2009): Jalvayu Vigyan, Prayag Pustak Bhavan, Allahabad.

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