GEOG 205 Lecture Notes - Congo River, Orographic Lift, 30Th Parallel North
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January 28th, 2013: the earth system, local climates and carbon comparison of world climates rely on temperature & precipitation data. Asia: s hemisphere has too little land for these types of deserts, moister air from coasts warmed & dried as descend from mountains, cordilleran range alaska, bc, oregon, washington, mountains of. Midlatitude west coasts located on west coasts of continents, between 35 & 65 n & s: prevailing westerly winds hit mountains/hills & cause orographic rains, can have more than 2000 mm annually, british columbia, alaska, norway, chile. Arctic & polar deserts: northward of 60c, about 300 mm annually, except western coasts, cold air masses can"t hold much moisture, north & south poles, arctic region, antarctica. Cyclones: an area of closed, circular fluid/air motion rotating in the same direction as the earth. Wet equatorial warm, hot, abundant rainfall. Monsoon & trade wind warm to hot, very wet rainy season. Wet-dry tropical wet high-sun season & dry low-sun season.
