Climatology

Chapter 12

What are the characteristics of tropics,
middle and high latitudes,
mediterrnean climate, cold season-climate?

  • Tropics: constant solar radiation throughout the year, most of the energy is to evaporate water
  • Middle and high latitudes: strongly changing solar radiation
  • In mediterranean climate, sensible heat flux is higher in summer, and latent heat is stronger in winter
  • Cold season-climate: low latent heat flux during winter
 

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