climate. solstice and equinox high sun insolation zones climate zones
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Climate
Solstice and equinox
• High sun• Insolation zones• Climate zones
Insolation zonesInsolation zones
• Polar• Arctic/Antarctic• Mid-Latitude• Subtropical• Equatorial
Koeppen Climate Classification
• Af - Equatorial Rainforest• Aw - Tropical Wet and Dry• BW - Desert
•BSh - Semi-Desert• C - Mid-Latitude• D - Coninental
Mid-Latitude Meteorology
• Clashing Air Masses
• Tropical and Polar/Arctic
• Continental and Maritime
Tropical Meteorology
• Sub-Tropical High Pressure• ITCZ - Intertropical Convergence Zone• High sun -rainy season• Low sun - dry season• Mid latitude weather - moves west to
east• Tropical weather - east to wset -
northeast trades
Lower Rio Grande Valley Geology
• Depth of sediments
• Isostatic subsidence
• Tectonic system
• Hydrologic system
• Fluvial and eolian deposits