B. Water Bodies - act as heat sink/source as temp changes more slowly than air

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B. Water Bodies - act as heat sink/source as temp
changes more slowly than air
SPRING to SUMMER
Land warms more rapidly than water body heat
transfers to cold water...increase in temp is
buffered
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B. Water Bodies - act as heat sink/source as temp
changes more slowly than air
FALL to WINTER
Land cools more rapidly than water body heat
transfers to cold land...decrease in temp is
buffered
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B. Water Bodies - act as heat sink/source as temp
changes more slowly than air
CONTINENTAL CLIMATE
MARITIME CLIMATE
Continental climate
Maritime climate
focus on temp (red) and NOTE scales differ!!
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B. Water Bodies - also a source of moisture

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B. Water Bodies - also a source of moisture

Maritime climate
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B. Water Bodies also a source of moisture

Continental climate (max 100)
Maritime climate (max 160)
focus on precip (blue)
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• B. Water Bodies
• also a source of moisture
• depends on onshore vs. offshore winds/currents

Vancouver, 49N
Boston, 42 N
Note differences in scale
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Atacama DesertAdditive Effects
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D. Seasonality in Temperate Lakes
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Nebraska
Texas
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Biomes Classifications of ecosystems based on
climate and dominant plant growth forms
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RAIN FOREST
SEASONAL FOREST
GRASSLANDS
DESERTS
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RAIN FOREST
SEASONAL FOREST
GRASSLANDS
DESERTS
as temp increases, more water is needed by
plants...
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The Tropics BIOMES
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The Tropics BIOMES Differences in tropical
biomes are driven by differences in rainfall.
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Manaus, Brazil
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Tropical Dry Forest
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Savannah
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The Temperate Zone BIOMES Differences in
temperate zone biomes are driven by a combination
of temp and rainfall.
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Deserts
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Alpine Tundra
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Lotic Systems Moving Waters
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Lentic Systems Ponds and Lakes
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Marine Systems
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