CLIMATE
is determined by
CLIMATE
is the study of
MAPS
TEMPERATURE
JAPAN
GULF STREAM
PRECIPITATION
LABRADOR
LATITUDE
ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS
OVER LONG
PERIODS OF
TIME, OVER A
SET LOCATION
is caused by
ALASKAN
are
studied
by
METEOROLOGISTS uses
INSTRUMENTS
help to
produce
SATELLITES
WEATHER
FORECASTS
include
OCEAN
CURRENTS
include
BODIES OF
WATER
UNEVEN HEALING
OF EARTH'S
SURFACE
LAND MASSES
MOUNTAIN
(ELEVATION)
include
result in
RAINFOREST
CLIMATE
SAVANNA
CLIMATE
is
subdivided
into
TROPICAL
CLIMATE *
TEMPERATE
CLIMATE **
POLAR
CLIMATE ***
is
subdivided
into
is subdivided into
DESSERT
CLIMATE
HUMID
CONTINENTAL
CLIMATE
DRY
CONTINENTAL
CLIMATE
*TROPICAL CLIMATE - average temperature year round is
above 18 degrees C. The zone is located between latitudes
of 30 degrees North and 30 degrees south.
SUB-ARCTIC
CLIMATE
(TAIGA)
MEDITERRANEAN
CLIMATE
MARINE
WEST COAST
CLIMATE
**TEMPERATE CLIMATE - average temperature in the summer is
above 18 degrees C and in the winter it is below 10 degrees C.
The zone is located between 30 degrees and 60 degrees
latitude in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
TUNDRA
CLIMATE
ICECAP
CLIMATE
HUMID
SUB-TROPICAL
CLIMATE
***POLAR CLIMATE - average temperature year round is
below 10 degrees C. The zone is located between latitudes of
60 degrees North and South and the poles.