by Sud | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Thornthwaite Climatic Classification was introduced by C. W. Thornthwaite, an American climatologist in 1931. The classification was initially developed for North American climates and later extended to world climates in 1933. The revised second scheme of...
by Sud | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
koppen climate Koppen Climate Classification System is widely used for classifying climate Wladimir Köppen, a Russian-German climatologist, created this system by studying the relationship between vegetation and climate He aimed to create a chart that showed the...
by Sud | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Temperate Cyclone Temperate cyclones are storm systems. They emerge in the mid and high latitudes, away from the tropics. They are low-pressure systems. They have associated cold fronts, warm fronts, and occluded fronts. They are also known as Extra-Tropical Cyclones,...
by Sud | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Jet streams are high-speed winds that occur in narrow bands of upper air westerlies. The width of this airband can be 160-480km wide and 900-2150m thick, with core speed exceeding 300km/hr. Jets are coincident with major breaks in the tropopause. Jet Streams develop...
by Sud | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Fronts Fronts are boundaries between air masses of different temperatures. Fronts are zones of transition, sometimes with a sharp frontal zone. Fronts are typical in midlatitudes weather, uncommon in tropical and polar regions. Front is a three-dimensional boundary...
by Sud | Apr 30, 2023 | Geography Beginner
Air Mass Air over a uniform area for a long time takes on the area’s characteristics Uniform areas include vast oceans, plains, and plateaus Definition of an air mass – Air with distinctive temperature and humidity is called an air mass Air masses are...
