GEO 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Ogallala, Nebraska, Ocean Current, Evapotranspiration
5 Mar 2018
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Geo110 - week 6 - koppen climate system. Intro: climate long term statistical properties of the atm for an area, classifications, temp and precipitation, air mass types, energy budget components, or water budget. Precipitation explained by winds and pressure systems: general features of the global distribution of precipitation can be explained by global winds and pressure systems. Climate types: know the first 2 letters in the letter code: a: topical, b: dry, c: mild, d: severe midlatitudes, e: polar, h: highland. Group a: tropical climates, warm annual temp, min seasonal temp variation, tropical wet (af, even precipitation thru year, ex: brazil, hawaii, high humidity, low 30s to low 20s. Monsoonal (am: near tropical coastal areas, ex: miami florida. Tropical wet and dry (aw: poleward tropical margins, distinct temp and precipitation seasonality, low sun dry periods and unreliable precipitation, sahel region, savannah vegetation, ex: bamako mali, acapulco mexico, rio brazil.
