Climate

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Chapter 9

• Climate
• Not weather
• Classification
• Empirical and genetic
• The Koppen System (simplified)
• T and P
• A Tropical
• B Arid
• C Mesothermal, mild winter
• D Microthermal, sever winter
• E Polar
• H Highland
• Tropical rainforest, savanna, and monsson

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• Tundra and Ice-cap
• Mediterranean and Humid subtropical
• Humid continental
• Hot summer, mild summer, subarctic summer
• Desert and Steppe Climates
• Highland (vertical zonation)
• Macroclimate, Mesoclimate, and Microclimate