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Unit 07 Lab: Global Climate This lab asks you to combine all relevant variables into a coherent picture of global climate. We will do this by identifying, analyzing, and comparing a series of climographs taken from cities around the world. For each of these climographs, consider the following questions as guidelines: · In which hemisphere is the station located? · What does the station’s latitude suggest about its climate? · Which season has the most precipitation at the station, and what does this suggest about its location? · Can you determine the station’s relation to the ITCZ and the Subtropical Highs? · Is the station located in the interior of a continent or on a coast? All climographs in this lab represent monthly mean temperature (⁰F), and precipitation (inches) for each city between 1941 and 1970. Be sure to note the slight variations among the temperature axes from climograph to climograph. All temperature scales, however, are the same. Also note that a location map is provided at the end of the exercise. On the answer sheet, first match the first set of climographs (A,B, and C) with the proper cities: Durban, South Africa (29.5 ⁰S); Santiago, Chile (33.5 ⁰S); and Irkutsk, Russia (52 ⁰N). Next, answer the following question (on the answer sheet): 1. In what part of China would you expect to find climates similar to that in climograph A? What circulation pattern is responsible for this? On the answer sheet match climographs D, E, and F on next page with the proper cities: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (3 ⁰N); Athens, Greece (38 ⁰N); Melbourne, Australia (37.5 ⁰S). On the answer sheet, answer the following questions 2. Which of the three (D, E, or F) represents a tropical climate? How were you able to determine this? 3. Which of the three (D, E, or F) represents the same climate as C? How and why is it slightly different from C? On the answer sheet match climographs G, H, and I on next page with the proper cities: Vancouver, B.C., Canada (49 ⁰N); St. Cloud, Minnesota (45.5 ⁰N); Winemucca, Nevada (40 ⁰N). On the answer sheet answer the following questions: 4. How do the precipitation regimes of stations G and H differ? How do you account for this? 5. Reflect back on the material in the previous lab on adiabatic processes and briefly describe the atmospheric processes that account for the precipitation regime at city I. What concept do we use to describe its geographic location? On the answer sheet match climographs J, K, L, M and N with the proper cities: Valdivia, Chile (39.5 ⁰S); Kumasi, Ghana (6.5 ⁰N); Tombouctou, Mali (16.5 ⁰N); Billings, Montana (45.5 ⁰N); Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada (69 ⁰N) On the answer sheet answer the following questions: 6. City L has a very distinct precipitation regime. What causes city L’s wet season and what causes its dry season? 7. Of the cities A through I, which represents the climate most similar to that of N? In what ways are the two similar and in what ways are they different? 8. Reflect back on our lab that dealt with measures of moisture. Why is city K so much drier than city B? 9. City K and city L are in radically different places, yet both receive very small amounts of annual precipitation. What different patterns of global climate account for their dry condition? 5 Unit 07 Lab: Global Climate First match the first set of climographs (A,B, and C) with the proper cities: Durban, South Africa (29.5 ⁰S); Santiago, Chile (33.5 ⁰S); and Irkutsk, Russia (52 ⁰N). Climograph A:_______________________(type city name) Climograph B:_______________________(type city name) Climograph C: _______________________(type city name) Next, answer the following question (in space below): 1. In what part of China would you expect to find climates similar to that in climograph A? What circulation pattern is responsible for this? Match climographs D, E, and F on next page with the proper cities: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (3 ⁰N); Athens, Greece (38 ⁰N); Melbourne, Australia (37.5 ⁰S). Climograph D:_______________________(type city name) Climograph E:_______________________(type city name) Climograph F: _______________________(type city name) Answer the following questions: 2. Which of the three (D, E, or F) represents a tropical climate? How were you able to determine this? 3. Which of the three (D, E, or F) represents the same climate as C? How and why is it slightly different from C? Match climographs G, H, and I on next page with the proper cities: Vancouver, B.C., Canada (49 ⁰N); St. Cloud, Minnesota (45.5 ⁰N); Winemucca, Nevada (40 ⁰N). Climograph G:_______________________(type city name) Climograph H:_______________________(type city name) Climograph I: ______________________ (type city name) Answer the following questions: 4. How do the precipitation regimes of stations G and H differ? How do you account for this? 5. Reflect back on the material in the previous lab on adiabatic processes and briefly describe the atmospheric processes that account for the precipitation regime at city I. What concept do we use to describe its geographic location? Match climographs J, K, L, M and N with the proper cities: Valdivia, Chile (39.5 ⁰S); Kumasi, Ghana (6.5 ⁰N); Tombouctou, Mali (16.5 ⁰N); Billings, Montana (45.5 ⁰N); Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada (69 ⁰N) Climograph J:_______________________(type city name) Climograph K:_______________________(type city name) Climograph L: _______________________(type city name) Climograph M:_______________________(type city name) Climograph N:_______________________(type city name) Answer the following questions: 6. City L has a very distinct precipitation regime. What causes city L’s wet season and what causes its dry season? 7. Of the cities A through I, which represents the climate most similar to that of N? In what ways are the two similar and in what ways are they different? 8. Reflect back on our lab that dealt with measures of moisture. Why is city K so much drier than city B? 9. City K and city L are in radically different places, yet both receive very small amounts of annual precipitation. What different patterns of global climate account for their dry condition? 2