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Climate

Climate. Opening Premise. Opening Premise. Our study of climate is based on the notion that if one understands the DYNAMICS behind…. …the three types of PRECIPITATION, one is well on the way to understanding the dynamics that produce any climate!. What are dynamics?.

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Climate

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  1. Climate

  2. Opening Premise

  3. Opening Premise Our study of climate is based on the notion that if one understands the DYNAMICS behind…

  4. …the three types of PRECIPITATION, one is well on the way to understanding the dynamics that produce any climate!

  5. What are dynamics? Dynamics are processes or movements.

  6. THEREFORE…

  7. THEREFORE… • If we add the prefix “thermo” (temperature) to dynamics…we get thermodynamics.

  8. In our study of climate, we will find that BAROMETRIC PRESSURE is a better projector of weather than temperature!

  9. The three types of precipitation…

  10. The three types of precipitation… OROGRAPHIC OR RELIEF

  11. OROGRAPHIC OR RELIEF Air rising over a mountain or suddenly encountering a cold surface results in sudden condensation.

  12. CYCLONIC OR FRONTAL

  13. CYCLONIC OR FRONTAL The colliding of edges of contrasting air masses result in condensation as air rises

  14. CONVECTIONAL

  15. CONVECTIONAL Air rises due to different heating of an area of the earth’s surface

  16. …in all types of precipitation…

  17. 1.Air rises (or becomes cooler) 2. Air Cools 3. Water vapor in the air condenses at the dew point temperature 4. Precipitation may occur!

  18. But first… what IS weather and climate?!MC p. 139 #1ab

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