AR 203 – TROPICAL DESIGN

UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE &

WEATHER

CLIMATE – SHORT-TERM
CHANGES IN THE
ATMOSPHERE. TEMPERATE REGIONS – ALSO
KNOWN AS MESOTHERMAL OR
MIDDLE LATITUDE CLIMATES.
GLOBAL CLIMATE – DESCRIBES
MOIST-SUBTROPICAL –
THE CLIMATE OF AN ENTIRE
LOCATED NEAR LARGE BODIES
PLANET
OF WATER, FOUND AT LOWER
LATITUDE WITHIN TEMPERATE
ZONE.
TYPES OF CLIMATE REGIONS

- TROPICAL
- DRY
- TEMPERATE
- CONTINENTAL
- POLAR

IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS KOPPEN

CLIMATE FOUNDED BY
WLADIMIR KOPPEN.
MOIST-CONTINENTAL – COLD,
TROPICAL REGIONS – WARM
SNOWY WINTERS WITH
TEMPERATURES. HUMIDITY
STRONG WIND. SUMMER ARE
WITH EQUATORIAL CLIMATES.
MUCH COOLER THAN
EXPERIENCES WET AND DRY
SUBTROPICAL ZONES.
AND TROPICAL MONSOON
LOCATED AT HIGHER
CLIMATES EXPERIENCING
LATITUDES WITHIN THE
SEASONAL SHIFTS IN RAIN
TEMPERATE ZONE.
PATTERNS.

DRY REGION - CLIMATE ZONES

ARE SO DRY BECAUSE

MOISTURE IS RAPIDLY
EVAPORATED FROM THE
AIR AND THERE IS VERY CONTINENTAL REGIONS -
LITTLE PRECIPITATION. CONTINENTAL CLIMATES
EXIST WHERE COLD AIR
MASSES INFILTRATE DURING
TEMPERATURE: ABUNDANT THE WINTER AND WARM AIR
SUNSHINE. SUMMER MASSES FORM IN SUMMER
TEMPERATURES ARE HIGH; UNDER CONDITIONS OF HIGH
WINTERS ARE COOLER AND SUN AND LONG DAYS.
LONGER THAN TROPICAL
MOIST CLIMATES
POLAR REGIONS
RAINFALL: IRREGULAR;
SEVERAL YEARS OF DROUGHT POLAR REGIONS ARE
ARE OFTEN FOLLOWED BY A CHARACTERIZED BY A LACK
SINGLE YEAR OF ABUNDANT OF A TRUE SUMMER. THE
RAINFALL WARMEST TEMPERATURES
ARE AROUND 50 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT AND THESE ARE
ARID DESERT SHORT-LIVED.

LOW-LATITUDE, ARID DESERTS

ARE FOUND BETWEEN 15O TO
INTER-TROPICAL
30O N AND S LATITUDES. THIS
CONVERGENCE ZONE, ALSO
IS WHERE WARM DRY AIR
CALLED EQUATORIAL
SINKS AT HIGH PRESSURE
CONVERGENCE ZONE, BELT OF
ZONES.
CONVERGING TRADE WINDS
AND RISING AIR THAT
ENCIRCLES THE EARTH NEAR
SEMI-ARID OR STEPPE
THE EQUATOR.
HIGHER LATITUDE SEMI-ARID
DESERTS, ALSO CALLED
STEPPE, ARE FOUND IN
CONTINENTAL INTERIORS OR
IN RAINSHADOWS. SEMI-ARID
DESERTS RECEIVE BETWEEN
20 AND 40 CM (8 TO 16
INCHES) OF RAIN ANNUALLY.
THE ANNUAL TEMPERATURE
RANGE IS LARGE.
CAUSES OF ITCZ GREENHOUSE GASES

1. TRADE WINDS - CARBON DIOXIDE –

2. AIR MASSES THROUGH BURNING OF
A. TROPICAL MARITIME – FOSSIL FUELS, SOLID
ORIGINATES IN WASTE, TREES, COALS,
TROPICAL LATITUDES AND NATURAL GAS.
OVER ATLANTIC - METHANE – EMITTED
OCEAN. BRINGS DURING THE
WARM, MOIST, PRODUCTION AND
UNSTABLE AIR. IT IS TRANSPORT OF COAL,
MOIST BECAUSE IT NATURAL GAS, AND OIL.
TRAVELS ACROSS - NITROUS OXIDE –
THE OCEAN, PICKING PRODUCED WHEN
UP MOISTURE AS IT FERTILIZER SOAKS INTO
MOVES. THE SOIL OR WATER.
B. TROPICAL - HYDROFLOUROCARBONS
CONTINENTAL – – MAN-MADE CHEMICALS
ORIGINATES OVER CONTAINING CARBON,
THE LAND. IT BRINGS HYDROGEN AND
WARM, DRY, STABLE FLUORINE.
CONDITIONS AS ITS
TRAVELS OVER LAND
AS OPPOSED TO
WATER.

EFFECTS OF GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE

- EXTREME WEATHER
- DIRTY AIR
- HEALTH RISKS
THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT IS - RISING SEAS
A PROCESS THAT OCCURS - WARMER AND MORE
WHEN GASES IN EARTH'S ACIDIC OCEANS
ATMOSPHERE TRAP THE SUN'S - IMPERILED ECOSYSTEMS
HEAT.
THE PHILIPPINES HAS
SUFFERED
FROM AN INEXHAUSTIBLE

NUMBER OF DEADLY
TYPHOONS, THIS IS DUE TO
ITS POSITION NEAR THE
EQUATOR, AS WELL AS HOW
THE COUNTRY IS IN A
WEATHER PATHWAY KNOWN
AS THE “TYPHOON BELT''

TROPICAL CLIMATE AND

BUILDING DESIGN
THE CLIMATE CRISIS

CLIMATE CHANGE – LONG-

TERM CHANGES IN
TEMPERATURE,
PRECIPITATION, WIND
PATTERNS AND OTHER
MEASURES OF CLIMATE.
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

- WARMER SEAS
- HIGHER SEA LEVEL
- STRONGER TYPHOONS
- FREQUENT FLOODING
- DISEASE OUTBREAKS
- HEATWAVE
- DROUGHT
- CROP FAILURE
- FISH KILL
- FAMINE
- EXTINCTION

MITIGATION – DEALS WITH

THE CONTROL OF
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION.

ADAPTATION – SEEKS TO
REDUCE CLIMATE CHANGE
RISK TO VULNERABLE
SECTOR.

KYOTO PROTOCOL
1. NO POVERTY
2. ZERO HUNGER
3. GOOD HEALTH AND
WELL BEING
4. QUALITY EDUCATION
5. GENDER EQUALITY
6. CLEAN WATER AND
SANITATION
7. AFFORDABLE AND
CLEAN ENERGY
8. DECENT WORK AND
ECONOMIC GROWTH
 9. INDUSTRY INNOVATION
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
10. REDUCED
INEQUALITIES
11. SUSTAINABLE
CITIES AND
COMMUNITIES
12. RESPONSIBLE
CONSUMPTION AND
PRODUCTION
13. CLIMATE ACTION
14. LIFE BELOW
WATER
15. LIFE ON LAND
16. PEACE, JUSTICE,
AND STRONG
INSTITUTIONS
17. PARTNERSHIP FOR
THE GOALS

POLICIES
 AREA BENEATH SUBSOLAR
POINTS CALLED SOLSTICE.

SOLSTICE DERIVED ROM SOL

(SOL) AND SISTERE (TO STAND
STILL)

SUN – BRIGHTEST STAR IN

THE SOLAR SYSTEM.

23.5 DEGREES TILT

SEASONS ARE LARGLY DUE TO

FACTORS SURROUNDING
EARTH’S TILTED AXIS.

SUBSOLAR POINT IS WHERE

THE SUN’S RAYS HIT THE
EARTH EXACTLY
PERPENDICULAR TO ITS
SURFACE.
SUN PATH DIAGRAMS

- TOOL THAT HELPS YOU READ THE MOVEMENT OF THE SUN

THROUGHOUT THE DAY DURING THE SEASONS.
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