1. World Climates

2. Tropical Wet
Characteristics
Always hot
rains daily

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

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

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

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

7. Marine West Coast Characteristics Cloudy Damp
precipitation pretty much year round

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

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

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

15. Let’s try one together!

16. 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.

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

18. 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.

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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)

25. 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)

26. 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)

27. 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)

28. 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)

29. 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)

30. 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

31. Textbook test due TONIGHT @ 11:59PM