1. Chapter 15 World Climates
The Atmosphere 10e Lutgens & Tarbuck Power Point by Michael C. LoPresto

2. Early Climate Classification

3. Climate Classification
Köppen System of
Climate Classification
A-Tropical
B-Arid
C-Sub-Tropical
D-Sub-Polar
E-Polar
H-Highland

4. Climate Controls Latitude Land and Water
Geographic Position and Prevailing Winds
Mountains and Highlands
Ocean Currents
Pressure and Wind Systems

5. Dry–Humid
Boundary
Fluctuations

6. Climate
Diagram

7. Climates of the World

8. Type A - Tropical (Wet) Climates

9. Clearing the
Tropical
Rain Forests - Impact
on Soils
Temple at
Angkor Watt
Built from
Lateritic Soil

11. Daily
Distribution of
Precipitation in
Wet-Tropical
Locations

12. Tropical Savanna

13. Seasonal Migration of the ITCZ

15. Type B - Arid and Semiarid (Dry) Climates

17. Arid and Semiarid
Stations

18. High Percentage of Clear Days in Desert Southwest

19. Some
Boats
Now in
Sand
The
Disappearing
Aral Sea
Shrinking
by 2010

20. West Coast Tropical Desert Stations

21. Nevada’s Great Basin; A Rain Shadow Desert

22. Type C - Subtropical (Humid) Climates

24. Fog Is Common in Marine West Coast Climates

25. Mediterranean Climate

27. Type D - Sub Polar
(Snow)
Climates

29. Atmospheric Hazards
Droughts

30. Temperature Variations
North-South
Temperature Variations
Are Smaller
in the Summer
than in Winter

31. Northern Coniferous Forest - Taiga

32. Type E - Polar (Ice)
Climates

33. Alaskan
Tundra
Alaskan Pipeline
Suspended
to Protect
Permafrost

34. Distribution of
Permafrost

35. H-Highland
Climates
Precipitation Map
of Nevada

36. Climate
Diagrams
for Two
Arizona
Stations

37. Vegetation
in Arizona’s
Cooler, Wetter
Highlands
Is Different
from the
Desert
Lowlands

38. Chapter 15
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