Chapter 3
Climate and Vegetation
Seasons
Earth’s tilt and the 4 seasons
Weather
Leeward
Windward
Convectional Typical of
hot climates, convection
occurs after morning
sunshine heats warm
moist air. Clouds form in
the afternoon and rain
falls.
Orographic Associated with
mountain areas, orographic
storms drop more rain on the
windward side of a mountain
and create a rain shadow on
the leeward side.
Frontal Mid-latitude
frontal storms feature
cold dense air masses
that push lighter warm
air masses upward,
Causing precipitation to
form.
Extreme Weather
GOES
Note: GOES Imagery Time is at the bottom of the looped imagery.
satellite weather
imagery
All time is in “Z”, meaning, Zulu or Greenwich Mean Time. Zulu
time is 5 hours ahead of Texas CDT and 6 hours ahead of Texas
CST.
Hurricane video (2 min 51 sec)
Tornado video (2 min 50 sec)
Extreme Weather
Drought – Dust Bowl 1935
Extreme Weather
Floods – Brazos River Seymor, Texas
Extreme Weather
Blizzard of ’78
Massachusetts
Factors of Climate
Wind Currents
Factors of Climate
Ocean Currents
El Nino
La Nina
Global Warming
Global Warming (video) 3 min 04 sec
Types of Climate
Tropical wet
Tropical wet and dry
Desert
Semiarid
Mediterranean
Humid subtropical
Marine west coast
Humid continental
Subarctic
Tundra
Highland
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Icecap
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Dipterocarp rain forest of Borneo,
Indonesia
Tropical Wet
Rio Los Amigos Peruvian
Amazon River basin
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Tarangire National Park in Tanzania, Africa
Kenyan savannah
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Tropical Wet
and Dry
Savannah grass of
Brazil's Pantanal
Desert
Sahara Desert, Algeria
Death Valley, California
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Photo by Joel I. Mur, NPS.
Semiarid
Moving inland from the extremely arid
climate of the Namib Desert lies the semiarid Namibian Savanna Woodlands. Also
referred to as Namaland, Africa.
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Small Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
Mediterranean
Greece
Algeria
Scicily
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Humid Subtropical
An avenue of oaks and Spanish
moss leads visitors to the ruins of
Wormsloe—the estate of Noble
Jones. Jones, one of Georgia's
first settlers.
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Gui Zhou, China
Marine West Coast
National Parks of
Washington State’s Forests
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Humid Continental
Black Forest
Bavaria, Germany
Bayfield, Vermont
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Sub Arctic
The Siberian Taiga is the largest forest
on earth, and makes up 27% of the
World's total forested land. Many species
found here are also found in Ireland,
especially the two most common
species, silver birch and Scots pine.
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The Altai Mountains lie on the borders of
Siberia, Tibet and Mongolia. The people
living in this region subsist almost
entirely from their sheep for their food,
clothing and even alcohol! Low rainfall
and bitterly cold winters make this a
harsh environment for people and
wildlife.
Tundra
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Highland
Machu Picchu in the
Andes of South
America
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South Pole
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Biomes
Tundra
Desert
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each Biome,
Forest
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Grassland
?
Tundra
Caribou herding
across Alaska's
Arctic tundra
Denali, Alaska
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California's Kings
Canyon National Park
Sahara Desert
Desert
Sonoran Desert,
Kalahari Desert,
South Africa
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Arizona
Steppes
New Mexico grasslands with the
Sangre de Cristo Mountain in the
distance
Grassland
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Kenya's Masai Mara
National Reserve
Forest
Rio Los Amigos Peruvian
Amazon River basin
Siberian Taiga is the
largest forest on earth
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Where is this biome located?
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This
Grassland
photo was
taken just
north of Texas
Motor
Speedway
along I-35
south’s
access road
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Teaser
Conclusion
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Seasons
Weather
Weather Extremes
Factors Affecting Climate
Changes in Climate
Climate Regions
Types of Climates
Soil Regions
Vegetation Regions (Biomes)