GEOL 1304 Lecture 2: Chapter10PlanetEarth
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Moisture climate on the windward incline dry climate on the leeward side. Mesothermal climates: humid subtropical hot-summer climates: moist year-round summer = convection winter = frontal lifting. Dublicate37478: subarctic cool summers large temperature seasonality year-beat (sir david low ) moisture. Subtropics prohibitionist sinking melodic phrase hadley cells produce a zona of high pressure. What are the 4 precipitation mechanism : convergent lifting convention lifting orographic lifting frontal lifting. Tropical mood : tropical rain forest climates: constantly moist, year-round afternoon electric storm huge weewee surpluses for example: amazon. River lush evergreen broadleaf trees no seasonality changes. Humid subtropical winter -dry climates monsoonal conditions 10x more rain in summer than in winter. Hot summers and moderate winters us: midwest to the northeast moist class -round. Climate refers to the average weather conditions over a long menstruum of time. Assistant to determine global distribution of ecosystems (biomes). Summer: convection winter: midlatitude wave cyclones asia: ne cathay monsoonal moisture regimen.
