Climate
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- Has a significant impact on living things and the environment. It directly influences how organisms live and survive.
- Condition of the atmosphere at a particular place and time
- The average weather condition in an area based on the average weather experienced for 30 years
- Branch of atmospheric science that describes climate and analyses the causes and practical consequences of climate change.
- People who study climate. Study long term trends in climate that can affect water and food supply, human health, and energy production.
- Two classification of climate
- Koppen-Geiger Climate Classification
- Tropical/ Megathermal
- Always hot and humid, with heavy rainfall throughout the year
- Always HOT with alternating wet and dry seasons. heavy rainfall during wet seasons.
- Dry Climates
- Precipitation is less than the potential evaporation
- True desert climate (Sahara)
- Hot-extremely hot summers/ mild or cold winters with very little precipitation <25cm a year
- Higher precipitation rate, with an average of 20 to 25 cm a year
- Mild-temperature/ mesothermal
- All three subtypes have warm, humid summers and mild winters because these types of climates are located near the?
- (COOLEST)
- WARMER & DRIER esp during summers
- WARMEST- humid summers & cold winters
- Continental/ Microthermal
- short, cool summers with light precipitation and long, cool winters
- world’s largest Biome
- Polar
- COLDEST climate
- Always experience short, cold summers, and very cold winters
- Climate is characterized by an average temperature of 00C or below.