Chapter 20 - Climatology Flashcards
Which monsoon affects SW India, W Africa and SE Asia
SW Wet monsoon in July
Which monsoon affects North Australia, SE asia, SE India
NW Wet monsoon in Jan
What is El nino
In the pacific when weaker trade winds don’t cause the normal temperature difference from east to west in the ocean. cancels it out
This changes the weather which follows the warm water into the middle of the pacific and then has a knock on effect on Normal global winds
La nina is
The opposite to El nino when westerly winds are higher pushing the warm waters towards australia and the associated bad weather.
Cold air pools are
When polar air depressions have moved south and become detached
they can last several days and are not visible on low level surface charts
typical heights 10-30000 feet
very unstable
Give the Koeppen zones for
Equator thermal lows subtropical highs mid latitude lows Snow zone Polar zone
tropical rain climate dry climate / arid zone mid latitude climate / warm temperature zone sub arctic climate snow climate
What does monsoon mean
reversing winds
The ITCZ is displaced more over where
land mass because it heats up more quickly
