GEO 108 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Soil Horizon, Benguela Current
9 Jul 2015
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Slide 2: weather is the condition of the atmosphere at a particular time (e. g. temp, rainfall, snowfall, other daily atmospheric conditions). Climate is the average of the weather conditions of an area which are recorded for a long period of time, e. g. 5 years, 30 years, this implies that the condition is predominant in that region. It will take something abnormal to change the average. Climate is due to: latitudinal location of a continent. Equator closest to the sun, so most solar energy / sunshine. The cool temp condition in northern and southern parts are due to the latitude. Wind systems convective current resulting in cooling and heating of the land surface. Topography nature of the land, e. g. flat or mountainous. E. g. even same latitude (california and himalayas) flat vs. hilly the higher it goes the cooler it becomes. E. g. a region in russia vs. hawaii same latitude but one cold air mass vs. one warm due to.
