GREEK CLASSIFICATION: The three climate zones are based on temperature as this: i. Torrid/Hot: Areas within the Tropics with a very intense heat throughout the year. ii. Frigid/very Cold: Areas within Polar regions, which have a very cot d temperature throughout the year. iii. Temperate/Mild: Areas within the middle latitudes, which lie between the torrid …
Climate is basically classified into two — Greek and Koppen’s classification. While the Greek divides the world into three climatic zones, the Koppen’s has about five major zones.
This is mainly restricted to the coastal regions where air temperatures contrast between day and night. Sea Breeze: is the movement of air from the sea to the land during the day Land Breeze: is the movement of air from land to sea at night.
1. Latitude and Altitude. 2. Distance from the sea. 3. Vegetation 4. Prevailing winds. 5. Ocean currents. 6. Cloud cover.
This is the floating mass of minute water — droplets or ice — crystals that are produced by condensation of freezing of water vapour on particles of dust, smoke and salt. Places of equal degree of cloudiness are joined by lines known as ISONEPHS. There are about four types of cloud namely: High Clouds Medium …
This is the moisture content of the atmosphere. Relative humidity is the amount of moisture the air is able to hold at any given temperature. Humidity is measured with an instrument called HYGROMETER