climate

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    • refers to day-to-day atmospheric
      weather
    • average weather condition prevailing in a given area over a longer period of time.

      climate
    • distance from the equator, and the closer the region is to the equator, the more energy it gets from the sun.

      Latitude
    • refers to the wind direction a particular area or region experiences most frequently.

      prevailing winds
    • also called as the polar Hedley cells. these are dry, cold winds that blow from high located between 60% and 90%, latitude of nouthern and southern poles.

      polar easterlies
    • west going east in the middle latitudes

      westerlies
    • these are subtropical latitudes found between 30% and 35% both north and south of the equator
      horse latitude
    • east to west near the equator.
      trade winds
    • near the equator with light ocean currents and winds.
      doldrums
      • wet - tropical - dry
      • seldon rain - dry - very hot summer
      • cool winter - temperate - warm summer
      • cool winter - contencntat - hot summer
      • very cold - polar - cool summer
    • what is the climate in the philippines?
      tropical
    • the coolest month
      january
    • warmest month
      may
    • the average humidity
      • 71% march
      • 85% september
    • refers to climatic conditions in localized areas near earth's surface. it is also change of climate.

      microclimate
    • the climate inside the building or an airplane as compared with that of the outside is called

      crypto climate
    • dry month november to april and wet month from may to october
      Type 1
    • no dry season Nov-April
      Type 2
    • relatively dry Nov-april
      Type 3
    • everly distributed
      Type 4
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