GEO 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Carbon Sink, Dendrochronology, Dengue Fever
11 May 2016
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Lecture 3 climate systems and climate change. Want to understand temperature variations around the world. Precipitation patters; precipitation- rainfall, snowfall, hail, etc. (water that drops from the sky to the land) Climate systems helps us understand the global pattern of ice melting and sea level rise. The moisture contains of soil and vegetation patterns around the world. We can understand the general crop yield in the different parts of the world (what crops you need in what areas) Difference between climate and weather: weather: daily atmospheric conditions of a particular place. Temperature of london, ontario today, you listen to the weather report (temperature that is recorded is the weather: climate: average weather condition recorded over a long period of time. Found in the equator regions of the world. Influenced by the inter-tropical convergence zone (itcz: two air masses colliding warm air mass rises; condenses to form rain. Zone that is characterized by heavy rainfall because it is moist and warm.
