GEO 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Kyoto Protocol, Dengue Fever, Dendrochronology
31 Oct 2016
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Climatology: the study of climate and its variability. Micro-climate: the climate of a very small or restricted area, especially when this differs from the climate of the surrounding area. The importance of climate systems is to help us understand temperature variations around the world. Precipitation is used to describe rainfall, snowfall, hail, etc. Climate systems helps us understand the global pattern of ice melting and sea level rise. It helps us understand the moisture content of soil and vegetation patterns. We can understand the general crop yield in different parts of the world (what crops you need to plant in what area?) Weather is the daily atmospheric conditions of a particular place (e. g. temperature of today) Climate is the average weather condition recorded over a long period of time (a period of 25 years) Wladimir koppen created the koppen climate classification, the most widely used climate classification system. High rainfall sustains lush vegetation and broad leaf plants.
