GEOG 2050 : Climate Types (on Test 3)
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7/6/2012 3:32:00 pm: uses a 3-leter abbreviation system, 1st letter: annual temperature (except b because it is dry) Tropical climates (three types) a: controlled by e and mt air masses, low latitudes, small annual temperature range, always warm year round. Itcz influence every month: wet every month of year, pe not too high, average precipitaion exceeds evaporation in every month; always runoff/extra water, big rivers. Tropical monsoon climate: short dry season (winter); heavy rain (summer, rain forests dominant because water in soil never depleted. Tropical savanna (grassland) climate: aka: tropical wet-dry climate, dry season is too long to support forests, affected alternately by itcz (summer) and sth (winter) Cold b climates: deserts/steppes classified as either hot or cold , some tropical desert areas are cooled by cold ocean current (peruvian. Coast) and often have advection fog to provide moisture: some cold mid-latitude areas are made dry by some mechanism, us great plains are a steppe climate.
