Climate

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Climate
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Solstice and equinox

• High sun
• Insolation zones
• Climate zones

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Insolation zones

• Polar
• Arctic/Antarctic
• Mid-Latitude
• Subtropical
• Equatorial

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Koeppen Climate Classification

• Af - Equatorial Rainforest
• Aw - Tropical Wet and Dry
• BW - Desert
• BSh - Semi-Desert
• C - Mid-Latitude
• D - Coninental

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Mid-Latitude Meteorology

• Clashing Air Masses
• Tropical and Polar/Arctic
• Continental and Maritime

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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

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Lower Rio Grande Valley Geology

• Depth of sediments
• Isostatic subsidence
• Tectonic system
• Hydrologic system
• Fluvial and eolian deposits

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