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- Most widely used
- Correlates weather data with observed vegetation types
- Uses combined average annual and monthly temperatures and precipitation and seasonality |
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Tropical (Moist)
- Coldest month ABOVE 64.4 degrees |
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Temperate RAINY with MILD WINTERS (moist)
Coldest BELOW 64.4 degrees but above 26.6
Warmest avg month above 50 degrees
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Temperate RAINY with SEVERE WINTERS (moist)
Coldest month below 26.6 degrees
Warmest avg month above 50 degrees
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Polar Climate
Warmest avg month below 50 degrees |
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| highland climates with vertical-zonation (outside of system-qualitative) |
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2nd Letters
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f, s, w
seasonality of precipitation |
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3rd Letters
(and criteria) |
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a, b, c, d
summer temperatures |
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Tropical Rainforest Climate
Temperature: 80-70's
Precipitation: 70-100" a year
- pronounced daily rain cycle
- cumulus cloud cover
- max climate for thunderstorms
- little inter-annual variability
Winds: Weak
Vegetation: evergreen, adapted to warm, high RH, high soil moisture
- soil: few organics, poor
RH, clouds, moisture, Forests reduce temp variability |
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Amazon Basin
Central Africa
Philippines area |
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Tropical Monsoon Climate - brief dry spell, soil always wet
Temperature: similar to Af
Precipitation: short dry period, more enhanced rainfall
Vegetation: deciduous, open forests |
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NE Brasil
Tip of west central Africa
India
SE Asia
Himalayas |
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Tropical Savannah Climate
Temperature: similar
Precipitation: seasonal 40-60"
- summer: rainfall from ITCZ
- winter: no rain
- spring: no rain
Vegetation: adapted to dry season, sparse deciduous forest with thorns, grassland
Transitional to B climates on west coast
Transitional to C climates on east coast |
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Tropical Deserts and Steppes
Dry
High variability rainfall
- steppes: 20-30"
High variability temperature
- 90's to 30's in one day |
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Mid-Latitude Deserts and Steppes
High temperature range and colder
Less precipitation than tropical deserts |
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| B Climate Vegetation, Soils |
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Desert: no cover
Steppe: grasses
Soils: salty |
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Sahara
Kalahari
Patagonia
East Brasil |
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| Even distribution of precipitation |
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Warm summer
<71.6 degrees but 4 months >50 degrees |
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Short summer
>50 degrees 1-3 months |
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| Csa and Csb (precip, temp, veg) |
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Summer Drought
Precipitation: winter rains, summer drought
- 15-25" annually
Temperature: hot summers except near coast(Csb)
-cool winter, some frost
Vegetation: mostly shrubs, fires occur, Savannah like |
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California
Coastal Chile
Mediterranean |
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Even Precipitation Distribution
Temperature: similar to Mediterranean
- hot summer, high RH
Precipitation: 30-65" annually
-winter precipitation maximum
Vegetation: natural state, deciduous forest |
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| SE USA - Texas, Tennessee |
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Marine West Coast Climate
Temperatures: Cool summers from coast influence
Precipitation: amount depends on topography
- little year to year variability
- winter max near coast
- summer max inland
- large number of rain days but small " totals (Seattle)
Vegetation: deciduous to south, coniferous to north |
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| Tasmania, New Zealand, Seattle |
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"Cornbelt"
long and hot/humid summer
deciduous forests and long grass prairie |
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"Wheatbelt"
slightly cooler summers
much colder winter than Dfa
Precipitation: 20-40" summer max
Vegetation: Mixed forests, winter and spring wheat |
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Subarctic - summer too short for crops
Extreme yearly temperature ranges -50 to 50 degrees with short cool summer
Light precipitation 20"
Permafrost |
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