GEOG 2OC3 Lecture 5: 5. The Search for the Truth in Social Sciences & Atlantic Canada
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The search for the truth in social sciences & atlantic canada. Video lectures: search for truth in social sciences & atlantic canada. Climate: is the long term behaviour of weather in a bounded area usually averaged over decades or centuries. Weather: is the short term fluctuating behaviour of precipitation, cloud cover, temperature and wind usually over time scales involving less than a year. Interactions of these principle factors leads to the many different climates experienced around the world. Since canada has such diverse regional landscapes, it"s no surprise that it contains a wide variety of climate regions. The pacific region has a marine climate influenced by the pacific ocean, with warm summers and cold winters. It has a seasonal variation in temperature with the wetter winter season and is dominated by a precipitation type known as orographic, due to the lifting of moist air over a mountain barrier.
