...climate, as it has an equable climate due to the effect of the sea; known as maritime. Overall there are many identifiable patterns in weather across the UK, rainfall is experienced throughout the year, but varies with relief. Upland areas, that are close to the coast- such as the Pennines and Grampians- are usually wetter than the East, usually these areas experience rainfall exceeding 2,500mm. Most of this rainfall is brought by frontal systems moving from West to East, releasing moisture as they cross the land. Relief rainfall is a dominant method of precipitation formation in the UK and relates to the precipitation that is created as air masses are pushed up and over mountainous or upland areas. Several air masses approach western Europe, each bringing a range of different temperatures Mean summer temperature in the UK is lower than average considering the latitude; daily maximum temperature can reach 30 degrees, however average monthly values rarely exceed 18 degrees, this is due to the cooling influence of the Atlantic Ocean, the North Atlantic drift also keeps us warm, as it originates in the gulf of Mexico. The characteristics of the UK climate can be explained by its global position. It is colder in the north than it is in the South * It is colder in the North than it is in the South * There is more snowfall in the North and East of Britain * The winds are stronger in the West of Britain * Temperatures tend to be milder in the West of...
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...conducting experimental trials, analyzing statistics, and searching to find specific methods that will result in increasing and augmenting natural rainfall and snowfall within different geographical areas of our planet. Despite extensive research over the years, up to only a few years ago statistical analysis of these weather and precipitation modification efforts commonly referred to as cloud seeding had not produced the scientifically convincing proof that is required to reach pertinent and reasonably accurate conclusions about the true effectiveness of cloud seeding efforts. This has changed with recent advances in instrumentation technology, additional study time, and the use of different statistical procedures to analyze cloud seeding data results over the last several decades (Morrison, Siems, Manton, & Nazarov, 2009). The process of cloud seeding involves the introduction of chemicals and substances such as silver iodide, acetone, dry ice, and liquefied propane to increase ice crystals with specific clouds prior to storm activity that in theory result in greater precipitation in the form of rain or snow in a specific geographical area. Any practically significant cloud seeding project attempts to increase precipitation over a region and provide some type of economic significance, for example as in the case of increased snowfall for a ski resort or increased water availability for farmers to plant and irrigate additional crops. Cloud seeding projects are currently operating...
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...Both the Inland South and Costal South have a humid subtropical climate. The area of the Locust River is prone to cold snaps and snowfalls when cold Artic air spills southward during the winter months. In contrast to the Locust Rive, the Suwanee River only experiences mild, wet winters. There is rarely snowfall in the Suwanee River area. Both areas experience rainy summers, through the Locust River gets even more rain the spring. However, the rain brings into two different types of storms. On one hand, Locust River gets lots of thunder storms and in these thunder storms large quantities of rain falls in short periods of time. On the other hand, the Suwanee River experiences lighting. This lighting causes many fatalities, especially in Florida where the Suwanee River is located. These areas also deal with different natural disasters. Flash floods occur often in the Locust River area. This happens because of a combination especially high levels of annual rainfall and steep topography can result in very rapid discharge of water down the slopes. The natural disaster in the Suwannee River area are hurricanes. Both of these natural disasters can be very harmful. Property gets destroyed and people...
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...past one another creating a transform boundary. These plates move past each other about fifty millimeters (two inches) per year. The San Andreas Fault, San Jacinto, Elsinore, and Imperial faults are all results of this boundary type, and pose great risks of natural hazards in and near the city of Los Angeles. Aside from the probable risks, the overall climate in Los Angeles in my opinion is decent. In the year of 2016 the average temperature in Los Angeles was 63.5 with an annual high temperature of 71.9 and an annual low of 55.1. The annual rainfall is 1.44 inches. The temperatures have been pretty similar throughout the past few years, although there has been drastic changes in the amount of rainfall over the years. Recently there has been less rainfall in Los Angeles and this has caused major impact in the area. This area is known more for its warm weather than anything else. In the latest data recorded history there has been no snowfall reported. Los Angeles is huge, in terms of population. As of 2014, the population in Los Angeles is 18.55 billion. The demographics are approximately 61 percent white, 14 percent Asian, 7 percent African...
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...water. (Wikipedia.org) Different Locations dictates the climate of Kenya in that variations range between cool during the day, to always warm/hot. Kenyan coast has high temperatures throughout the year. It has tropical type of rainfall. Temperatures alternate from cool to hot daily. (wikipedia.org) In the interior of Kenya, climate becomes more arid. An arid climate has almost no any rainfall, and there is a big difference in temperature between day and night. In many regions, the daytime temperature...
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...been developed. Some schemes merely provide a convenient nomenclature system, whereas others are an essential primarily further study. Many climatic classifications, for instance are concerned with the relationship between climate and vegetation or soils but surprisingly few attempts have been made to base a classification on the direct effects of climate on man. General classification related to plant growth / vegetation. Numerous schemes have been suggested d for relating climatic limits to plant growth or vegetation growth rely basically or two basic criteria the degree of aridity and warmth. Aridity is not simply a matter of low precipitation but of the effective precipitation i.e. precipitation minus evaporation. The ratio of rainfall/temperature has been used as such an index of precipitation effectiveness or the ground that higher temperatures in cease evaporation. W. KOPPEN CLASSFICATION A prime example of this type of classification is W. Koppen published between 1900 and 1936. The key features of Koppen’s final classifications are temperature criteria and aridity criteria. Temperature Criteria Five of the six major climatic types are recognized of the basis of monthly mean temperature. A tropical rainy climatic types are recognized or the basis of monthly mean temperature. B) Dry months C) Warm temperature rainy climates coldest month between –3C And 18C warmest month between 10C D) Cold bored forest climates coldest month – 3C...
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...level of environmental carbon-di-oxide (CO2) and temperature and simultaneously decreased the cyclical pattern. Scientists have been studies and analyze enormous experimental trials to find out the better way and to understand the climate change in this planet. Some of the selective ways are following various weather forecast departments’ for the purpose of receiving the weather information send back to the earth viz. weather stations (for the measurement of temperature, rainfall, wind speed, and humidity; weather balloons (just float in a very high altitude in the atmosphere with a transmitter); weather satellites (sent a satellite to the space for getting the information regarding rainfall, temperature, cloud cover, etc.; ice cores (if we cut the ice into small pieces with the help of glaciers that was existed very long time ago and to see the trapped air bubbles in the ice); sediment analysis (based on the layers in the rock); and finally the tree rings (based on precipitation of rain or snowfall past years). So, based on the above several ways in which scientists can analyze the past climate in this planet. Apart...
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...In South America there are seven different types of climates. The desert is classified with warm to high temperatures with very little rainfall. The Patagonian Desert is found in Argentina and is the 8th largest desert in the world. Secondly there is grassland which has hot summers and cold winters and has an above average rainfall. The Pampas are fertile lowlands that cover more than 750,000 km² and is found primarily in Argentina and extends into Uruguay. Thirdly, deciduous forest have four distinct seasons which are warm summers and cold, wet winters. The trees shed their leaves in autumn. Fourthly, rainforest is a known biome in South America as it is home to the Amazon rainforest which is the world’s largest tropical rainforest. The temperatures...
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...Unit 9 Assignment 1: Geology of the Area Maryland’s Geology From the Atlantic coast on the east to the Appalachian Plateau on the west, Maryland has a great variety of geology and landforms. Maryland is part of six physiographic provinces (shown in the figure below). A physiographic province is a geographic area in which the geology (including lithology and structure) and climate history have resulted in landforms that are distinctly different from adjacent areas. An overview of the geology by physiographic province is provided below. Atlantic Coastal Plain The Atlantic Coastal Plain Province is underlain by a wedge of unconsolidated sediments including gravel, sand, silt, and clay, which overlaps the rocks of the eastern Piedmont along an irregular line of contact known as the Fall Zone. Eastward, this wedge of sediments thickens to more than 8,000 feet at the Atlantic coast line. Beyond this line is the Atlantic Continental Shelf Province, the submerged continuation of the Coastal Plain, which extends eastward for at least another 75 miles where the sediments attain a maximum thickness of about 40,000 feet. The sediments of the Coastal Plain dip eastward at a low angle, generally less than one degree, and range in age from Triassic to Quaternary. The younger formations crop out successively to the southeast across Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. A thin layer of Quaternary gravel and sand covers the older formations throughout much of the area. Mineral...
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...Airmass : Meaning and Characteristics “An air mass may be defined as a large body of air whose physical properties, especially temperature, moisture content, and lapse rate, are more or less uniform horizontally for hundreds of kilometres.” According to A N Strahler and A. H. Strahler: “a body of air in which the upward gradients of temperature and moisture are fairly uniform over a large area is known as an air mass.” * An air mass may be so extensive that it may cover a large portion of a continent and it may be so thick in vertical dimension that it may vertically extend through the troposphere. An air mass is designated as cold air mass when its temperature is lower than the underlying surface while an air mass is termed warm air mass when its temperature is higher than the underlying surface. * The boundary between two different air masses is called front. Source Regions * The extensive areas over which air masses originate or form are called surface regions whose nature and properties largely determine the temperature and moisture characteristics of air masses. * An ideal source region of air mass must possess the following essential conditions: * There must be extensive and homogenous earth's surface so that it may possess uniform temperature and moisture conditions * There should not be convergence of air; rather there should be divergence of air flow so that the air may attain the physical properties of the region...
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...was ranked as number three in the list of countries hardest hit by weather disasters because of Climate Change.Pakistan is used to suffering from multiple crises at a time, news headlines are usually dominated by issues like terrorism, injustice, extremism, political unrest and power shortages etcetera. But the dangerous threat we all know as climate change has been virtually left off the radar when it comes to issues of national priority. Environmental issues have always found little space in Pakistan, mainly due to mass unawareness within the political culture of the country.Studies from the Pakistan Metrological Department shows dramatic changes in Pakistan’s climate, such as;10 to 15% decrease in rainfall in the coastal belts and hyper arid plains, 18-32% increase in rainfall in the monsoons zone,...
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...Unit 9 Assignment 1: Geology of the Area Maryland’s Geology From the Atlantic coast on the east to the Appalachian Plateau on the west, Maryland has a great variety of geology and landforms. Maryland is part of six physiographic provinces (shown in the figure below). A physiographic province is a geographic area in which the geology (including lithology and structure) and climate history have resulted in landforms that are distinctly different from adjacent areas. An overview of the geology by physiographic province is provided below. Atlantic Coastal Plain The Atlantic Coastal Plain Province is underlain by a wedge of unconsolidated sediments including gravel, sand, silt, and clay, which overlaps the rocks of the eastern Piedmont along an irregular line of contact known as the Fall Zone. Eastward, this wedge of sediments thickens to more than 8,000 feet at the Atlantic coast line. Beyond this line is the Atlantic Continental Shelf Province, the submerged continuation of the Coastal Plain, which extends eastward for at least another 75 miles where the sediments attain a maximum thickness of about 40,000 feet. The sediments of the Coastal Plain dip eastward at a low angle, generally less than one degree, and range in age from Triassic to Quaternary. The younger formations crop out successively to the southeast across Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore. A thin layer of Quaternary gravel and sand covers the older formations throughout much of the area. Mineral...
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...Thesis: Climate change threatens regional vulnerability in indigenous areas, the primary vulnerabilities include a decline in traditional food supplies and a change in water resource supply, 1st Body Paragraph: Climate change threatens indigenous people to acquire traditional food which He provided the economy, medicine, and culture for the indigenous people. a) Rising temperatures and hotter, drier summers are projected to increase the frequency and intensity of large wildfires, Wildfires threaten indigenous tribes and family. Due to the tribes that rely on the local wild food have limited ability to deal with wildfires. So, conflagration caused indigenous people to collect less wild food resources. b) Climate change has led to the loss of...
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...industrial centre’s of the United Kingdom and the other countries lying on the North Sea. To the south it is an integral part of the Mediterranean arc running from Catalonia to central Italy. | | B. Climate. The climate in France varies with the region. There are five reasonably distinct climate areas and Three types of climate may be found within France: oceanic, continental, and Mediterranean. 1. Northern coastal regions have a temperate climate with mild minters and warm but not very hot summers, much like England. Rain is reasonably frequent all year around, and the weather can be very unpredictable. 2. South-west France - Aquitaine and Poitou-Charente - have generally mild winters and warm-hot summers, with substantially less rainfall than the northern part of the country. Thunderstorms are common in the summer. 3. Central / inland France has a more continental climate, with harsher winters and hotter summers, and less rain than the coastal regions. The southern part of the...
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...Global warming and climate change are terms for the observed century-scale rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system and its related effects.[2] Multiple lines of scientific evidence show that the climate system is warming.[3][4][5] Although the increase of near-surface atmospheric temperature is the measure of global warming often reported in the popular press, most of the additional energy stored in the climate system since 1970 has gone into ocean warming. The remainder has melted ice and warmed the continents and atmosphere.[6][a] Many of the observed changes since the 1950s are unprecedented over tens to thousands of years.[7] On 12 November 2015, NASA scientists reported that human-made carbon dioxide (CO2) continues to increase above levels not seen in hundreds of thousands of years: currently, about half of the carbon dioxide released from the burning of fossil fuels is not absorbed by vegetation and the oceans and remains in the atmosphere.[8][9][10][11] Scientific understanding of global warming is increasing. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reported in 2014 that scientists were more than 95% certain that global warming is mostly being caused by increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) and other human (anthropogenic) activities.[12][13][14] Climate model projections summarized in the report indicated that during the 21st century the global surface temperature is likely to rise a further 0.3 to 1.7 °C (0.5 to 3.1 °F)...
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