World Climates and Biomes

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World Climates and Biomes
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Climate Review

• Solar energy drives climate system
• Input of solar energy is uneven in space and
  time Why?
• Earths tilt and sphericity
• Imbalance in energy input drives atmospheric and
  oceanic flows
• Ocean/atmosphere flows redistribute energy

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Primary atmospheric patterns

• ITCZ
• STH
• easterlies
• westerlies
• Polar front

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Climate

• Average atmospheric conditions that reslult from
  atmospheric dynamics
• Classification genetic vs. empirical
• Koeppen climate system

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Koppen Climates

• A Tropical (equatorial)
• C Mesothermal
• D Microthermal
• E polar
• H Highland
• B Dry

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Koppen Climates
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Vegetation and Climate
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