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... or 10 degrees per kilometer
-not dry, but not saturated
lifting condensation level – air mass rises high enough and cools to the dew point, condensation occurs and clouds form
saturated adiabatic lapse rate – air rises, cooling continues, but release of latent heat slackens rate of cooling, 3. ... Am. ...
Modified Koppen sys:
Zone Description
A Tropical, humid
Af Tropical wet – rain throughout year
Am Tropical Monsoon – short dry season, heavy rains
Aw Tropical Savannah – winter (low-sun) dry season
B Dry, evapotrans. ... – called boreal or taiga
Dwa humid continental – severe winter, dry winter, hot summer
Dfb -severe winter, no dry season, warm summer
Dfa -sever winter, not dry season, hot summer
Dwb -sever winter, dry winter, warm summer
E polar
ET Tundra – polar tundra – no true summer
EF ice cap – polar ice cap
H highland – cold climates due to elevation
Climographs – graphic representation of monthly temperature and and precipitation for a specific weather location
Tundra – low, ground hugging vegetaion of high lat.
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