ENVS 2270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Evaporation, Polar Easterlies, Pycnocline
23 Feb 2017
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Climate: long term, covers a larger geographical area. Weather averaged over a longer period of time for a specific geographical area, classical period is 30 years. Dry, arid and semi-arid environments are above and below the equator. Temperate regions (cid:523)places on average that don"t go below (cid:882)(cid:524), along the west. Continental regions are slightly colder than temperate climates (southern. Polar and alpine climates (et is permanent tundra) (ef is permanent ice caps) We live in a dfb classification (continental, without a dry season, warm summer) Humid, continental with relatively hot, humid summers and cold winters. Occasional extreme weather does not (cid:498)prove(cid:499) that the climate is changing. Weather: short term, covers a smaller geographical area. Very cold: thermosphere: very active radiation from the sun is being absorbed so it is warmer. Energy from the sun passes through the atmosphere on its way in and out.
