1. hypothermia
   • windchill index
   • shivering; frostbite
2. hyperthermia
   • heat stress index
   • dehydration; salt imbalance; heat stroke
3. solar radiation
   • UV-A, B, & C (absorbed by ozone)
     • ozone = UV-C
       • ozone hole?
       • or is it natural? ... maybe astronomical?
       • human caused?
     • UV beneficial?
     • sunburn; skin damage (incl. premature aging and cancer)
     • eye damage; other?
   • UV index / UV forecast
4. seasons and human health ("climotherapy")
   • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
   • climate-related movements / moving west and south
     • reversing?
     • fleeing California?
   • mortality rates increase in winter Why?
   • Snowbirds! ("no shoveling 110°")

1. climate and architecture
   • building materials / steeply sloped roof
   • open air? spacing? underground?
   • orientation (N/S or E/W)
   • location / type of vegetation
   • insulation: buildings ... humans
2. types of houses
   • tipi
   • igloo: design / actual igloo
   • earth house (fancy version)
   • stilt houses (older vs. modern)
   • straw-bale construction / completed / interior (video),
3. urban heat island
   • human caused (change in landscape) / affects human comfort
4. human comfort
   • evaporative cooler
     • misting systems
   • air conditioning
   • furnace

II.   ECONOMIC APPLICATION

A.   Agriculture

1. crop distribution (map of U.S. farmland)
   • where will it grow?
     • corn
     • wheat
     • oats
     • cotton
     • rice
     • warmth vs. chilling hours
     • precipitation: amount and variability
   • crop yield and damage
     • yields vs. temperature/precip patterns
       • Soviet Union and crop failures
     • insects & climate; crop dusting
     • frost damage -- mitigation techniques
       • flood irrigation
       • sprinklers?
       • smudge pots / #2
       • wind machines or or this type
       • cover the crops

1. location of industry
   • automotive (GM --old and new) (Ford/Volvo) (Chrysler) Toyota) and aviation testing facilities
   • swimming pools vs. hot tubs
   • others?
2. energy
   • electricity vs. natural gas (temperature related?)
   • solar
     • passive vs. active solar energy
   • wind: old and new (large and small)
     • unique designs: here and here
     • Unique application ideas: over highways / over lights poles
3. aviation
   • fog dispersal
     • WW2 -- FIDO system
     • super sound?
     • cloud / fog seeding
   • airplane boneyard (military)
4. tourism
   • warm tourism:
     • beaches ... snorkeling
     • other water activities
     • backpacking
     • riding ... or did you mean this?
     • automotive / off road / or ...
   • cold tourism
     • Vail
       • or maybe Winter Park?
     • snowmobiles
     • skating
     • boxing... I mean hockey
     • and the biggest winter sport of all

APPLIED CHAPTERS ----->

Human