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| the weather in a region, over many years, that includes it's variability and extremes |
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| the study of climate and its variability |
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| forest, tundra, grassland, savanna, desert |
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| El Nino- Southern Oscillation (ENSO) |
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| in the Pacific Ocean; 2 strongest in 120 years were 1982-83 and 1997-97; |
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| principal elements of climate |
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| insolation, temperature, pressure, air masses, precipitation |
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| the process of ordering or grouping data or phenomena into related classes |
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| genetic classification (causative) |
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| explores the "why" question as to the mix of climatic ingredients in certain locations |
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| empirical classification (statistics) |
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| based on statistics or other data determined by measurement of observed effects |
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tropical (tropical latititudes), mesothermal (midlatitudes, mild winters), microthermal (mild & high latitudes, cold winters), polar (high latitudes & polar regions) highland (high elevations at all latitudes; highlands have lower temperatures)
based on moisture efficiency & temperature: dry (permanent moisture deficits) |
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| a graph that shows monthly temperature and precipitation for a station |
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