ATM OCN (Meteorology) 100
CLIMATOLOGY: A STUDY OF CLIMATES
&
THEIR DISTRIBUTION
Summer 1999
Lecture #29 Scheduled for:
4 AUG 1999 (W)
Recommended Readings from Moran and Morgan (1997):
pages 431-447.
pages 431-447.
Objectives:
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To distinguish between the use of the terms "weather" and "climate".
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To explain in general terms three principal factors that determine climate.
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To explain why climate encompasses both average and extreme weather conditions.
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To demonstrate how many interacting factors shape global patterns of climate.
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To explain the dominate role of solar radiation in determining climate.
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To demonstrate the significance of climatic norms and anomalies.
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To identify the bases for describing and classifying climate.
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To describe in general terms the major characteristics of global patterns
of climate.
Outline:
A. WHAT IS CLIMATE?
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Original Derivation
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Popular Concept
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Comparison Between Weather and Climate
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Meaning of "Normal" Climate
B. WHY STUDY CLIMATE? - MOTIVATION FOR CLIMATOLOGY
C. FACTORS IN DETERMINING CLIMATE
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External Factors
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Internal Factors
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Interactions
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Additional Considerations
D. CLIMATE AND ECOLOGICAL INTERACTIONS
(Biometeorology and Bioclimatology)
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Weather, Climate and Human Adaptability
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Weather, Climate and Human Health and Comfort
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Wind-chill Indices and Wind-chill Equivalent Temperatures
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Heat Stress Indices
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Vegetation and Air Mass Climates
E. CLIMATIC CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
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Historical Background
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Rationale
Last revision 27 May 1999
Produced by Edward J. Hopkins, Ph.D.
Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706
hopkins@meteor.wisc.edu
URL: aos100/lectures/9928clim.htm