GEOG 1280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Climate Classification, Evaporation, Bluefield, West Virginia
17 May 2017
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The location of centres of high and low pressure. The distribution of mountain barriers (or other topographic features) Select categories of available information that correlates closely with the needs of life. Use those categories to define and delineate regional classes of climate. The regional units of climate should reflect the controls of the atmosphere on life. System would show the opportunities and constraints that the atmosphere imposes on humans. Koppen climate classification scheme: end of 19th century, has been added to, uses nomenclature of letters. Tropical humid climates: a (always warm, no winters) occur in equatorial regions or tropics tropical wet: af (f means humid/wet year round) Tropical dry winter: aw (w means dry winters) Tropical monsoon: am (m means excessively wet during one season, monsoon refers to the wind) example: uap s brazil climograph, af climate. Arusha, tanzania, climate highly dependent on where the winds are.
