Presentation on

WARM HUMID ISLAND

CLIMATE

GUIDED BY : Ar swasti sthapak

Presented by
Arushi Kirti
Ashish Prajapati
Bhaskar Komara
Devyani Agrawal
Gajendra Kumar
 Introduction
• ISLANDS WITHIN
THE EQUITORIAL
BELT AND IN THE
TRADE WIND
ZONE BELONG
TO THIS
CLIMATE TYPE.
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 EXAMPLES ARE CARIBBEANS,
PHILIPPINES AND OTHER ISLAND
GROUPS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
CARIBBEANS
PHILIPPINES
 AIR TEMPERATURE
• DAY TIME
 MEAN MAXIMUM : 29-
32 degC.
 Air temperature
• NIGHT TIME
 MEAN MINIMA :18-24
degC
DIURNAL RANGE
MORE THAN 8 degC.

ANNUAL RANGE
ABOUT 14 degC.
 HUMIDITY

•VARIES BETWEEN 55 AND

ALMOST 100%.
•VAPOUR PRESSURE :1750
– 2500N/m2
 PRECIPITATION
• IS HIGH, 1250 – 1800 MM PER ANNUM.
• 200 – 250 MM IN THE WETTEST
MONTH.
• UPTO 250 MM MAY FALL IN A SINGLE
STORM OF A FEW HOURS.
 SKY CONDITION
•NORMALLY CLEAR OR FILLED
WITH WHITE BROKEN CLOUDS
OF HIGH BRIGHTNESS.
•CLEAR BLUE SKIES ARE OF
LOW LUMINANCE, BETWEEN
1700 – 2500 cd/mm2.
 SOLAR RADIATION
• STRONG AND MAINLY DIRECT WITH A
VERY SMALL DIFFUSE COMPONENT,
WHEN SKY IS CLEAR.
• VARIES WITH THE CLOUD COVER.
 WIND
• THE PREDOMINANT TRADE WIND
BLOWS AT A STEADY 6 – 7 m/s.
• MUCH HIGHER VELOCITIES OCCUR
DURING CYCLONES.
 VEGETATION
• LESS LUXURIANT AND OF A LIGHTER
GREEN COLOUR THAN IN THE WARM
HUMID ZONES.
• VARIES WITH THE RAINFALL.
• SOIL IS OFTEN DRY WITH A FAIRLY
LOW WATER-TABLE.
 SPECIAL CHARACTERISTICS
• TROPICAL CYCLONES OR
HURRICANES WITH WIND VELOCITIES
FROM 45 – 70 m/s WHICH CONSTITUE
A SEASONAL HAZARD.
• HIGH SALT CONTENT OF
ATMOSPHERE ENCOURAGES
CORROSION IN COASTAL AREAS.
CYCLONES
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