GEO 155 1st Edition Lecture 13 Last Lecture Mid latitudinal Cyclones and Climate Outline of Current Lecture I Distribution of Climate Types a Tropical b Dry c Moderate d Cold e Polar f Highland H Current Lecture Tropical Somewhere close to the equator Warm hot all year Zone of rising air o Migrates north northern hemisphere summer and migrates south northern hemisphere winter So close to the equator that there is no dry season wet all year May have two peaks of precipitation Tropical Wet Climate Winter is dry Summer is wet Dry Desert Steppe 1 Subtropical Deserts These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a 25 30 degrees in either hemisphere b Warm hot all year and cool at night c Dry from sinking air of Hadley Cells 2 Mid latitudinal Deserts a Created by rain shadow downside of a mountain b Warm hot summer c Cold winter Cool Moderate 1 Mediterranean west coasts of the continent between 30 and 40 degrees a Winds pass over water conservative moderate temperature year round b Wet winter c Dry summer d High pressure cell at these latitudes i Block storm systems moving toward coast sinking air keeps it dry in the summer in winter it moves a few degrees lower 2 Marine West Coast west coast greater than 40 degrees a Moderate temperatures b No dry season 3 Humid Subtropical Climate more seasonal temperature variations a Warmer summers b Colder winters c Just below 30 degrees d No dry season e Peak of precipitation f Hot humid unstable mT air mass Cold Winter 1 Humid Continental colder winter drier 2 Subarctic more severe weather conditions Polar Cold cool all year Dry cold air cannot hold much water vapor
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