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    The document defines tropical climates as having mean temperatures above 64.4°F (18°C) year-round, covering 20% of land and 43% of oceans. It identifies three main tropical climate types - warm-humid, hot-dry desert/semi-desert, and composite/monsoon. Each have sub-groups including warm-humid island/trade-wind, hot-dry maritime desert, and tropical upland climates. The assignment is to summarize the characteristics of climatic elements for each tropical climate and sub-group in a table.

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    The document defines tropical climates as having mean temperatures above 64.4°F (18°C) year-round, covering 20% of land and 43% of oceans. It identifies three main tropical climate types - warm-humid, hot-dry desert/semi-desert, and composite/monsoon. Each have sub-groups including warm-humid island/trade-wind, hot-dry maritime desert, and tropical upland climates. The assignment is to summarize the characteristics of climatic elements for each tropical climate and sub-group in a table.

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    Module 1 Part 3-1

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    The document defines tropical climates as having mean temperatures above 64.4°F (18°C) year-round, covering 20% of land and 43% of oceans. It identifies three main tropical climate types - warm-humid, hot-dry desert/semi-desert, and composite/monsoon. Each have sub-groups including warm-humid island/trade-wind, hot-dry maritime desert, and tropical upland climates. The assignment is to summarize the characteristics of climatic elements for each tropical climate and sub-group in a table.

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    AR 17-34 | BUILDING CLIMATOLOGY

    SREELAKSHMI CJ | M.PLAN, B.ARCH | GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTURE | S1S2 BATCH 2019-2024


    TROPICAL CLIMATES

     Climate typically in the Tropics


     Defined as non-arid climate in which all 12 months have mean temperature
    above 64.4°F (18°C)
     Cover the largest area of earth (20% of land surface and 43% of ocean
    surface) - the home to almost half of the world ’s population
     South Florida, The Caribbean, Central Africa, Coastal India, Southeast Asia,
    North Queensland, Hawaii, Central America, or most of Brazil.

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    TROPICAL CLIMATES

    TROPICAL CLIMATE

    1. WARM-HUMID 2. HOT-DRY DESERT / 3. COMPOSITE/


    CLIMATE SEMI-DESERT CLIMATE MONSOON CLIMATE

    WARM-HUMID ISLAND / HOT-DRY MARITIME DESERT


    TROPICAL UPLAND CLIMATE
    TRADE-WIND CLIMATE CLIMATE

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    Assignment

     List characteristics of all the climatic elements 3 tropical climate and its 3
    sub groups in tabular format.

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