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    The document discusses the Koppen climate classification system which categorizes climates based on temperature, precipitation, and their seasonality. It describes the five main climate groups - A) tropical, B) dry, C) mild mid-latitude, D) severe mid-latitude, E) polar - and provides examples of climate types within each group along with their defining characteristics. Diagrams are included to illustrate characteristics of different climate types.

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    Climate

    Earth Science
    Chapter 20
    Pages 560-573
    Components of climate
    Atmospheric Circulation
    Global circulation

    http://weathersavvy.com/Q-Deserts1.html
    Ocean circulation
    Jan and July temps
    World climate map
    Koppen Climate System
    • A tropical: wet, monsoon, dry w/s
    • B dry: desert/steppe, low/mid latitude
    • C humid mid-latitude mild winter
    – Includes ‘west coastal’ climate
    • D humid mid-latitude severe winter
    • E polar tundra, ice cap
    • H highland cooler, moister than local
    lowland area
    Koppen parameters
    • Overall temperature
    • Evaporation compared to precipitation
    • Absolute rainfall
    • Rainfall distribution
    • Extreme temperature
    Af Tropical rainforest
    A Climatic diagrams
    Aw Tropical Savannah
    A Tropical climates
    • NEVER COLD
    • Rain forest—always wet
    • Monsoon—extreme seasonal rainfall
    • Savannah—very dry months
    Worldwide arid zones
    B Cilmate Diagrams
    Subtropical desert

    http://www.gerber-travel.ch/Tours/libya_1999_5.htm
    Sub-tropical Steppe

    http://os.inf.tu-dresden.de/~nf2/nz_farewell/
    Mid latitude steppe

    http://61966.rapidforum.com/topic=101082217975
    Cold desert

    http://www.asphalto.org/?user_id=907&PHPSESSID=a55...
    B Dry climates
    • EVAPORATION POTENTIAL EXCEEDS
    PRECIPITATION
    • Desert has more evaporation compared to
    rainfall than steppe
    • Low latitude deserts always warm
    • Mid latitude deserts can be quite cold
    C Climate Diagrams
    Marine west coast

    http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/climate_systems/marine_west_coast.html
    C Mild mid-latitude climate
    • MILD WINTER
    • Humid
    • Hot/warm summer
    • Marine west coastal climate is a unique
    subdivision that extends far poleward of
    other mild climates
    D Climate Diagrams
    Taiga
    D Severe mid latitude
    • SEVERE WINTERS
    • Humid continental cold winter
    • Subarctic not warm in summer
    E Climate Diagrams
    Tundra
    Ice cap climate

    http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/climate_systems/icecap.html
    E Polar climate
    • TOO COLD FOR TREES
    • Tundra some month is above freezing
    • Ice cap no months are above freezing
    H compared to
    adjacent
    climate
    Lowland adjacent to H
    Highland difference
    Highland
    • Modified version of local climate
    • Cooler, moister

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