1. CLIMATE

2. WHERE IS THIS?

3. CLIMATE V. WEATHER Weather is day-to-day events Climate is patterns of weather that can be expected in a given area

4. CLIMATE Interaction of atmosphere, lithosphere, Two properties of the globe influence climate: Angle of the Ecliptic Coriolis Effect

5. ANGLE OF THE ECLIPTIC

6. CORIOLIS EFFECT Because the earth rotates at a tilted angle (the ecliptic), a force develops that causes wind and water to move in a clockwise direction north of the equator Counterclockwise south of the equator At the equator itself is “doldrums” Thus, the equator is a phenomenon with real physical effects on the globe (as opposed to the arbitrary Greenwich or Prime Meridian) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IIVfoDuVIw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX9nqpjRZgE

7. FIVE FACTORS CREATE CLIMATE Solar radiation Precipitation Winds Ocean Currents Elevation

8. SOLAR RADIATION

9. PRECIPITATION – THINGS TO REMEMBER Warm air rises Cool air sinks Warm air can hold more moisture than cool air When warm air rises and cools, moisture is released Where this occurs in nature, this situation causes precipitation

10. PRECIPITATION: CONVECTIONAL

11. PRECIPITATION: OROGRAPHIC

12. PRECIPITATION: FRONTAL

13. FORMS OF PRECIPITATION Rain Freezing rain Sleet Hail Snow Frogs

14. GLOBAL WIND PATTERNS

15. JET STREAM – A HIGH-ALTITUDE STREAM OF AIR THAT CONTROLS WEATHER

16. MONSOONS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCRkLcLT1cE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_tiA0MlNpU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNl7URLPMKU

17. OCEAN CURRENTS Circulate warm water from equator Cold water from poles Circular pattern or “gyres” Where cold and warm currents meet, “upwelling” occurs, oxygenating the water and making great fishing conditions Current patterns are still not fully understood

18. OCEAN CURRENTS Circulation of warm and cold watersCurrent names

19. EFFECT OF ELEVATION

20. TYPES OF CLIMATES NAMING SYSTEMS

21. TROPICAL RAINY

22. TROPICAL SAVANNA Irregular rainy and dry seasonsSavannas flank rainforests http://www.justjared.com/2014/03/02/bette-midler-performs-wid-beneath-my-wings-at-oscars-2014-video/http://www.justjared.com/2014/03/02/bette-midler-performs-wid-beneath-my-wings-at-oscars-2014-video/

23. DESERTS –FOUR SCENARIOS (SOMETIMES OVERLAP) Interior of continents Cold currents off coast Between 18 and 31 degrees latitude Rain shadows

24. INTERIOR DESERTS

25. COASTAL DESERTS

26. RAIN SHADOW DESERTS Painted Hills

27. MEDITERRANEAN

28. MARINE OR MARINE WEST COAST RAINY! But mildBright green on map

29. HUMID CONTINENTAL

30. HUMID SUBTROPICAL

31. STEPPE Grasslands, mollisolsLow precipitation

32. SUBARCTIC

33. POLAR