Important Stuff Flashcards
Maritime
- Close to body of water
- Precipitation>1000mm
- Temp range
Wind
Horizontal movement of air over earths surface caused by differences in air pressure
Continental
- Away from body of water
- precipitation>1000mm
- temp range
Closeness to water
Water heats and cools more slowly than land therefore in the summer the costal regions will stay cooler and warmer in the winter
Ocean currents
Ocean water is constantly evaporating increasing temperatures and humidity of surrounding air
Barriers and mountains
Mountains block rain so that one side of a mountain may be rainy and one may be desert
Wet side is windward
Dry side is leeward
Elevation
As elevation increases temperature decreases
The higher it gets the colder it gets And at some point Condensation occurs
Latitude
The further you get from the equator the colder it gets
Wind and air masses
Prevailing winds affect the climate of an area
Warmer air means warmer climate
Colder air means colder climate
2 continental cities
Winnipeg, Saskatoon
Because both are not close to bodies of water
2 maritime climates
St. John’s New Brunswick
And Vancouver British Columbia because both are close to water
What is a climate graph
Graph used by meteorologists to show temperature and precipitation for a specific location
3 types of precipitation are?
Cyclone/frontal
Conventional
Relief/orographic/rainshadow
Cyclone/frontal
- Water vapour in air condenses into clouds
- leading edge of a warm moist air mass and a cool dry air mass meet
- the warmer air mass is forced up over the cool air
Relief/orographic/rainshadow
- when warm moist air moving across the ocean is forced to rise by large mountains and as it rises it cools
- as it gets colder it condenses and precipitates
- continues down leeward side (dry)
Conventional
-moist air travels over hot surface and evaporates as it rises it cools and condenses and eventually precipitates
