GEO 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Subtropics, Solar Irradiance, The Climate Group
8 Apr 2020
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Climate classification: the purpose of classifying climates, to understand distribution of climates, to compare climates of different places. Climate: weather, short term condition of the atmosphere, days, weeks, meteorologists, climate, long-term (30 years) average of weather conditions and extremes, climatologists. Insolation and temperature: latitude, altitude, land-water, ocean currents, mountain barriers, precipitation, air pressure (itcz and subtropical highs, air mass influences, prevailing winds. Table 8-1: climate types of the modified koppen classification system. Monsoon: ar, aw, am, b dry. Characteristics: rain through year, winter dry season, short dry season, heavy rain other months, low-latitude desert, low-latitude semiarid, midlatitude desert, midlatitude semiarid, c -mild. Cwb: cfb, cfb, dry hot summer, dry warm summer, no dry season; hot summer, dry winter; hot summer, dry winter; warm summer, no dry season; warm summer, no dry season; cool summer, d severe. Climates: et, ef, h summer, dry winter; very cold winter, polar tundra with no true summer, polar ice cap, high elevation climates.
