GEOG 2RC3 Lecture 4: Lecture 4 climate regions of Canada.docx
16 Sep 2014
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Weather: short term (day to day), locations-specific, temperature and precipitation conditions (the weather in hamilton today ) Climate: long term (seasonal/annual) temperature and precipitation conditions at the regional or continental scale (the climate of southern ontario in winter) : they come from all the records from january 15. Normal are determined by taking the temp of same day and averaging them out and drives perception of the weather. Therefore, if the temp gets really hot, water will cool the temp and vice versa: ocean currents, biggest in atlantic coast because they encounter cold current and warm current. Earth"s position reflective of the sun , in which the direction the slope of the earth face, it will typically melt the snow that faces the sun. Climatic conditions in a given region are the result of the interplay or combination of these six factors. Relative importance of each factor varies from region to region.
