PPT-MET 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures

Lecture 11 Local Winds MET 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures Discussion Questions Caviedes 2001 Why was the discovery of Easter Island Rapa Nui extraordinary Why didnt th e Polynesians continue to South America. Lecture 4: Other Controls of Temperature. Clothing & Fabrics. Other Controls of Temperature . Differential Heating of land and water. . Ocean Currents. Altitude. Geographic Position. Cloud cover and albedo. 1 Climates First Prosimians Anthropoids Hominids Miocene Climates Current Weather. Finish Ice Core Research. Overview and Historical Perspective . The Pleistocene and . Holocene. Milankovitch Theory. For Next Class: Read Ch. . 9. . (pp. . 299-308. ). Reminder: Exam 2 on . Thomas Gale Moore Senior Fellow Hoover Institution Stanford University Prepared for the conference on: Global Climate Change at Rice University September 6 to 8, 2000 1 It is the best of Climates; It Lecture 13: . Hawaiian Surfing. MET 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures. Discussion Questions – Clark 2011 . What are the 6 surf sports identified by Clark. he’e. . nalu. . – Board surfing. p. ā. Tropical climates are somewhat variable . In terms of moisture. In terms of temp on a day-night cycle. And somewhat consistent. In terms of annual temp. In terms of incoming solar radiation. Diurnal compared to annual temperature ranges defines the tropics. Lecture 10: Global Wind. MET 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures. Global Circulation Patterns . Single-Cell Model. First idea. Solar energy drives the winds. Doesn’t account for rotation. Three-Cell Model. Konai. . Helu. . Thaman. (The University of the South Pacific). Main themes. Introduction – the Pacific Paradox. Culture of Formal education. Formal education as culture clash. School & Out of School realities. Lecture . 15: Air Masses & Fronts. MET 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures. Discussion Questions – Clark 2011 . What are the different general types of ai. r masses?. Maritime Tropical (. mT. ). Maritime Polar (. Lecture 17: Thunderstorms in the Pacific. MET 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures. Discussion Questions – Ahrens 2015 . What are the three basic ingredients Thunderstorms need to form? Do the Pacific Islands satisfy these requirements?. vegetation. . Climate . is average of weather conditions for . . . 30 years. . . Climatologists employ many. different tools to organize the . wealth of information about . earth's climates to bring order. North America’s vast and varied landscape . and abundant . resources . have attracted . immigrants and shaped the . development of . the United States . and Canada. .. Section 1: Landforms and Resources. The main shapers of climate are temperature, precipitation, and wind.. These factors form global patterns. Temperatures are warmest in and around the tropics and coolest near the poles.. Precipitation is greatest near the Equator.. Lecture 10: Local Winds. ATMO 102 Pacific Climates and Cultures. Large and Small Scale Winds . Macroscale Winds. Planetary: Westerlies, trade winds. Synoptic: Cyclones and anti-cyclones, Hurricanes (weather map size).