Chapter 8
Evaporation miniscule
Polar climates are extraordinarily dry yet classified as nonarid because
Dfc - Dwc - Dfd - Dwd
Subtropic [ Severe Mid Latitude Climates ]
BWh
Subtropical desert [ Dry Climates ]
BSh
Subtropical steppe [ Dry Climates ]
Am
Tropical monsoon [ Tropical Humid Climates ]
Aw
Tropical savanna [ Tropical Humid Climates ]
Af
Tropical wet [ Tropical Humid Climates ]
ET
Tundra [ Polar Climates ]
Csa - Mediterranean
Which climate type is known for clear skies in the summertime?
EF - Ice Caps
All months have average temperatures below freezing in the ________ climatic type.
Dry summer subtropical
Another designation for the mediterranean climate is ________.
ET - Tundra
At its equatorward margin the ________ climate is bounded by the 0° Celsius isotherm of average annual temperature.
H
Cold climates due to elevation [ Highland ]
Dfa - Dwa - Dfb - Dwb
Humid Continental [ Severe Mid Latitude Climates ]
Cfa - Cwa - Cwb
Humid subtropical [ Mid Latitude Climates ]
EF
Ice Cap [ Polar Climates ]
Cfb - Cfc
Marine west coast [ Mid Latitude Climates ]
Csa - Csb
Mediterranean [ Mid Latitude Climates ]
BWk
Mid latitude desert [ Dry Climates ]
BSk
Mid latitude steppe [ Dry Climates ]
Anti cyclonic subsidence of air
Most sub tropical deserts coincide with the subtropical high pressure belt which is responsible for ______, Hence little uplift to cause rain
C
Of the main Köppen climate zones, ________ is the only one that does not occur in the Southern Hemisphere.
Temperature and precipitation
The Koppen climatic classification system is based mainly n the annual and monthly averages of two main elements
20th century
The classification scheme of the ancient Greeks was discarded in the ________.
BW
The climatic type for the desert areas is ________.
Classification
The desire to simplify, organize, and generalize the vast array of climatic data into a comprehensible system that helps us understand the distribution of climates over Earth leads to ________.
Latitudinal location
The dominant climatic control of tropical humid and polar climates is
Subtropical High
The global pressure belt associated with dry winters in the tropical monsoon climate is
Locations of anticyclones
The main reason for the occurrence of subtropical deserts around the world is ________.
Am
The tropical monsoon climate bears a letter classification of
2,600
The world record for greatest precipitation received in a single year is on the order of ________ centimeters.
58
The world's highest recorded temperature was in Libya and closest to ________ degrees Celsius.
dendrochronology
the climate study method which analyzes tree rings is called