GEOG 2OC3 Lecture 5: Climate - redone
30 Jan 2019
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Climate: the long-term behaviour of the weather in a bounded area, usually averaged over decades- centuries. Weather: the short term, fluctuating behaviour of precipitation, cloud cover, temperature and wind, usually over timescales less than a year. Interaction of these principal factors leads to the many different climates experienced around the world. Since canada has a such diverse regional landscapes, it is no surprise that it contains a wide variety of climate regions. The pacific region has a marine climate influenced by the pacific ocean, with warm summers and cool winters. It has a seasonal variation in temperature with a wetter winter season, and is dominated by a type of precipitation known as orographic - due to the lifting of moist air over a mountain barrier. The interior situation of the prairies allows for a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters.
