Climate Flashcards
What is koeppen classification of climates
Polar
Snow zone
Temperate
Arid (warm and cold)
Equatorial (rainforest and savannah)
What is koeppen classification of climates based on
Based on vegetation
Where is the equatorial zone (rainforest)
10° N/S
What is the weather like at the equatorial zone (rainforest)
2 main rainy seasons (march and sept)
But never dry
Temps 25-30°
High humidity
Convective cloud and heavy rain
Light surface wings (doldrums)
Where is the equatorial zone (tropical savannah)
10-20°n/s
What is the weather like in the equatorial zone (tropical savannah)
Equatorial rains in summer when itcz penetrates zone
Dry trade winds conditions in winter
Average 18° all year
Where is the arid zone
20-35° n/s
What is the arid done like weather wise
Descending air :
sub tropical high
No cloud = high diurnal range
Frequent inversions
Deserts
Largest diurnal variation
Where is the arid zone steppes
Borders desert areas 30-35°
What is the arid zone steppes like
Low vegetation due to short wet season
Steppes of Russia
Pampas South America
Bit more rain compared to the arid desert
Where is the warm temperate
Mediterranean
35-40°
Hot and dry highs in summer
Cool and unsettled frontal lows in winter
Where is the cold temperate
Mid latitudes
HEREEEEE
40-65° n/ s
What is the weather like in the cold temperate
Generally wet and windy (westerly)
Cool summers and mild winters
Where is the snow zone
Sub arctic
40-60°n
Land based
Between cold temperate and polar zones
What is the snow zone
Includes Canada Scandinavia and north Russia (boreal)
Warm moist summers - very cold winters
Largest seasonal variation
Where is the polar zone
65-90°
What is the polar zone
Subsoil permanently frozen
Periods of constant light and dark
Can be unsettled in summer due to polar front depression
Where does the itcz never dip below the equator
In the south Atlantic
What brings percentage of rainfall does the Australian north west monsoon bring to Australia
75%
Darwin kinda area
What is El Niño
When the warm water that usually sits next to Australia now sits in middle of Pacific Ocean due to weaker trade winds
