class #3: wednesday, september 1, 2010
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Class #3: Wednesday, September 1, 2010. Tropical climates, continued. Fig. 17-2, p. 472. Fig. 17-6, p. 477. Fig. 17-7a, p. 478. Fig. 17-7b, p. 479. Table 17-1a, p. 480. Table 17-1b, p. 480. Fig. 9-2, p. 225. Fig. 9-14, p. 232. Fig. 9-14, p. 232. Fig. 9-15, p. 234. Fig. 9-22, p. 239. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Tropical climates, continued
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Fig. 17-2, p. 472Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 2
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Fig. 17-6, p. 477Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 3
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Fig. 17-7a, p. 478Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 4
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Fig. 17-7b, p. 479Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 5
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Table 17-1a, p. 480Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 6
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Table 17-1b, p. 480Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 7
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Fig. 9-2, p. 225Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 8
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Fig. 9-14, p. 232Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 9
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Fig. 9-14, p. 232Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 10
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Fig. 9-15, p. 234Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 11
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Fig. 9-22, p. 239Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 12
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Fig. 9-22a, p. 239Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 13
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Fig. 9-22b, p. 239Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 14
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Stepped Art
Fig. 9-22c, p. 239Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 15
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Stepped Art
Fig. 9-22c, p. 239Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 16
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Fig. 9-23, p. 239Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 17
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Fig. 9-24, p. 240Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 18
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Fig. 9-24a, p. 240Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 19
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Fig. 9-24b, p. 240Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 20
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Stepped Art
Fig. 9-25, p. 241Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 21
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Fig. 9-26, p. 241Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 22
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Fig. 9-30, p. 243Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 23
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Fig. 17-2, p. 472
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Occur mainly between tropics of Cancer and Capricorn (23.5º N and S)
Warm year-round, no winter Minor or minimal change in temperature
throughout the year All are moist (as opposed to dry) climates All influenced by the rising branch of the
Hadley circulation and the ITCZ
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There are 3, based on different degrees of seasonality of precipitation
Tropical wet climate, Af◦ Significant rainfall every month of the year
Tropical wet and dry climate, Aw◦ Pronounced (“winter”) dry season
Monsoonal climate, Am◦ Relative dryness for 1-3 months but enough
moisture that vegetation need not be adapted to seasonal drought
◦ Smaller area than that influenced by monsoons
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Largest areas in Amazon Basin, western Africa, islands of East Indies (maritime continent)
Under constant influence of ITCZ No dry period, precipitation convective,
sometimes with orographic uplift (Atlantic coast of Central America
Not the hottest climates because evaporation uses so much energy and cloudiness reflects
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Night temperatures stay warm on account of high humidity
Vegetation is tropical rain forest◦ Dense canopy of tree cover◦ Tremendous amount of species diversity
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Fig. 17-9, p. 481Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 29
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Fig. 17-8, p. 481Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 30
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Can be thought of as transitional between tropical wet (Af) and tropical wet and dry (Aw)
Occur along tropical coastal areas with predominant onshore winds
Northeastern South America, southwest India, eastern Bay of Bengal, Phillipines
Not the same as monsoonal winds, which affect a larger area
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Precipitation depends on speed convergence as wind approaches the coast
Precipitation also enhanced by orographic uplift
Local convergence from surface heating not important like for Af
Some precip from tropical storms, hurricanes, extratropical cyclones
Among the highest precipitation amounts in the world
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Warmest month just before summer monsoon
Usually support dense forests, lush vegetation, jungle
Not so luxuriant or as abundant in species diversity as Af, but much more than Aw
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Fig. 9-31, p. 244
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Fig. 9-32, p. 244
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Occur often along the poleward margins of the tropics between Af and B (dry)
Most extensive in South and Central America and southern Africa
Farther from the equator, more seasonal variation in precipitation and temperature than Af and Am
High sun season: ITCZ favors thunderstorms Low sun season: Subtropical high,
descending air, suppression of convection
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“w” is for winter dry season, not wet Closer to subtropical high than Am, so
longer, drier dry season than Am Tropical depressions , storms and
hurricanes can augment precipitation Less precip overall than Am, Af Considerable year to year variability, unlike
Am, Af Within the year, more variability in
temperature than Am, Af; less than others
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Diurnal temperature range in dry season much greater than for Af and Am
A unique vegetation type, savannah (not Savannah, Georgia)—grasses interspersed with widely separated trees or clumps of trees. Not necessarily due to the dry season—recurrent fire, waterlogged soil, and hard layers within the soil may be more important
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Fig. 17-11, p. 483Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 39
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Fig. 17-10, p. 482Friday, Sept. 3, 2010 40