World Climates

Tropical Wet Characteristics Always hot rains daily

Tropical Wet and Dry Characteristics Rainy warm summers dry, cool winters

Semiarid Characteristics Little precipitation mild to cold winters (can snow) interior of continents Left – Colorado Right - Africa

Desert Characteristics Less than 10 inches per year of precipitation Left – Iran Right – Death Valley

Mediterranean Characteristics Dry, hot summers cool, rainy winters… usually around Med Sea Left - France

Marine West Coast Characteristics Cloudy Damp precipitation pretty much year round

Humid Subtropical Characteristics Long summers- heat and humidity prone to hurricanes mild to cool winters

Humid Continental Characteristics Great variety in temperature and precipitation all four seasons

Subarctic Characteristics Huge temperature variations short, cool summers very cold winters taiga forests

Tundra Characteristics Little precipitation permafrost (perm frozen ground) cold summer

Ice Cap Characteristics Permanently freezing temperatures, so cold it rarely snows polar desert

Highlands Characteristics Varies due to all factors Cold as elevation increases Left – Mt Kilimanjaro Right – Mt. Everest

Directions With your partner, visit a location. Using your knowledge of LACEMOPS and your climate region characteristics, decide which climate matches the location. Write the climograph letter and check with teacher. If correct, defend your choice using LACEMOPS. Then go to a new location and repeat.

Let’s try one together!

G LACEMOPS Elevation Latitude Winds ocean currents (dry or wet) La Paz, Bolivia G LACEMOPS Elevation Latitude Winds ocean currents (dry or wet) Elev: 11,975ft    Lat: 17oS   Long: 68oW With your partner, decide which climate region La Paz would fit in. Be able to defend your belief, using LACEMOPS.

What is the answer??? Highlands!!! Elevation – in the mountains Latitude – in the tropical zone Ocean current - cold

Directions With your partner, visit a location. Using your knowledge of LACEMOPS and your climate region characteristics, decide which climate matches the location. Write the climograph letter and check with teacher. If correct, defend your choice using LACEMOPS. Then go to a new location and repeat.

Elev: 42 ft Lat: 01 o 27' S Long: 48 o 29'W Belem, Brazil Elev: 42 ft    Lat: 01 o 27' S    Long: 48 o 29'W D LACEMOPS Latitude warm ocean currents winds moving air masses

Elev: 7340 ft Lat: 19 o 26' N Long: 99 o 04'W Mexico City, Mexico Elev: 7340 ft    Lat: 19 o 26' N    Long: 99 o 04'W C LACEMOPS Latitude warm ocean currents winds moving air masses

Elev: 1107 ft Lat: 33oN Long: 112oW Phoenix, Az. Elev: 1107 ft    Lat: 33oN    Long: 112oW K LACEMOPS Continentality winds moving apart at horse latitudes cold ocean currents mountain barriers

Elev: 381 ft Lat: 29 oN Long: 31 oE Cairo, Egypt Elev: 381 ft    Lat: 29 oN    Long: 31 oE H LACEMOPS Continentality winds moving apart at horse latitudes cold ocean currents mountain barriers

Elev: 351 ft Lat: 37 o N Long: 23 o E Athens, Greece Elev: 351 ft    Lat: 37 o N    Long: 23 o E E LACEMOPS Latitude ocean currents air masses

F LACEMOPS Warm winds cold ocean currents (storms) London, England Elev: 149 ft    Lat: 51 oN    Long: 00 o F LACEMOPS Warm winds cold ocean currents (storms) Continentality (moderates)

Buenos Aires, Argentina Elev: 89 ft    Lat: 34 o 33' S    Long: 58 o 29'W L LACEMOPS Latitude warm ocean currents meet high pressure with heavy cold air (storms)

J LACEMOPS Latitude, continentality (farther away from water) Minneapolis, Minnesota Elev: 686 ft    Lat: 45 oN    Long: 93 oW J LACEMOPS Latitude, continentality (farther away from water) air masses chilled by Arctic ice and snow collide with tropical air masses (storms, tornadoes)

Elev: 13 ft Lat: 65° N, Long: 41° W Arkhangelsk, Russia Elev: 13 ft Lat: 65° N, Long: 41° W B LACEMOPS Latitude polar winds and cold air masses Continentality, (extreme coldness b/c no water to moderate)

A LACEMOPS Latitude polar air masses Barrow, Alaska Elev: 10 ft Lat: 71° N, Long: 157° W A LACEMOPS Latitude polar air masses cold ocean currents (dry, little precipitation)

Elev: 52 ft Lat: 77 oS Long: 166 oE Scott Base, Antarctica Elev: 52 ft    Lat: 77 oS    Long: 166 oE I LACEMOPS Latitude polar air masses cold ocean currents (dry, little precipitation)

G LACEMOPS Elevation Latitude Winds ocean currents (dry or wet) La Paz, Bolivia G LACEMOPS Elevation Latitude Winds ocean currents (dry or wet) Elev: 11,975ft    Lat: 17oS   Long: 68oW

Textbook test due TONIGHT @ 11:59PM