CLIMATE

Joshua L. Pimentel
9 Responsibility
TLE-ICT 9
FACTORS THAT AFFECT CLIMATE
• L-Latitude
• A-Air Pressure
• M-Mountain Barrier
• E-Elevation/Altitude
• C-Continental Location/Land Mass
• O-Ocean Current
• W-Wind Belts
• S-Storms
LATITUDE
When an area is farther in the
equator, the temperature is
lower, which results in a cold
climate and when an area is
nearer in the equator, the
temperature is higher, which
results in a warm climate...
LATITUDE
Latitude is the measurement of
distance north or south of
the Equator. It is measured with 180
imaginary lines that form circles
around the Earth east-west, parallel
to the Equator. These lines are
known as parallels. A circle of
latitude is an imaginary ring linking
all points sharing a parallel.
AIR PRESSURE
Air pressure is caused by the
unequal heating of Earth’s surface

1. Low pressure is warm, moist air.

It raises and form clouds

2. High pressure is cold, dry air. It

sinks and creates clear sky
AIR PRESSURE
High air pressure produces clear
sky, dry and stable weather. In a
low pressure zone, wind is
circulated inwards and upwards
rapidly. As a result, air rises and
cools; clouds and precipitate are
formed. Low air pressure produces
unstable weather conditions like rain
or storms.
MOUNTAIN
BARRIER
Mountain barriers create a
phenomenon called Orographic
effect or Rainshadow.

The Rainshadow help create

desert.
MOUNTAIN BARRIER
• Winds blow across the ocean & push moisture inland.
• Moiisture clouds reach the mointains, get “popped” by the mountain top
& rains on the coastal side
• By the time this cloud reaches the other side of the mountains, the air is
dry
ELEVATION/
ALTITUDE
As you increase in elevation,
there is less air above you thus
the pressure decreases. As the
pressure decreases, air
molecules spread out further
(i.e. air expands) and the
temperature decreases.
ELEVATION/
ALTITUDE
The higher the elevation the
colder the temperature.

Example: when you climb a

mountain, the temperature gets
colder at the top while at the
bottom of the mountain it is
warmer.
CONTINENTAL LOCATION/ LAND
MASS
• This refers to where you are on a continent.
• Locations near the coast will most likely have more precipitation.
CONTINENTAL
LOCATION/ LAND
MASS
• Locations inland or surrounded
by land will be drier.
• Temperature of the ocean only
affects climates in coastal areas.
• Interior of continent has
extreme temoeratures.
OCEAN
CURRENT
• Ocean currents are giant
rivers of sea water flowing
w/in ocean.
• Ocean currents act much
like a conveyor belt,
transporting warm water
and precipitation from the
equator toward the poles
and cold water from the
poles back to the tropics.
OCEAN
CURRENT
Ocean currents regulate
global climate, helping to
counteract the uneven
distribution of solar
radiation reaching Earth's
surface.
WIND BELTS
Unequal heating of the Earth's
surface also forms large
global wind patterns. In area near
the equator, the sun is almost
directly overhead for most of the
year. Warm air rises at the equator
and moves toward the poles. At the
poles, the cooler air sinks and
moves back toward the equator.
WIND BELTS
It is the movement of air
from high pressure to low
pressure.
There are three prevailing
wind belts associated with
these cells:
• trade winds
• prevailing westerlies
• polar easterlies
STORMS
Different kind of storm
• Thunderstorm is a storm in
which there is thunder and
lightning and a lot of heavy rain.
• Tornadoes are extremely
dangerous, from the high winds
often in excess of 300mph, to the
debris carried by these high
winds.
• Hurricane is a very violent
tropical storm
STORMS
Hurricane – Typhoon – Cyclone

What is the difference?

They are essentially the same type of weather
phenomenon.
It only depends WHERE the storm forms and
happen
• Hurricane-Northeast Pacific Ocean & Atlantic
Ocean
• Typhoon-Northwest Pacific Ocean
• Cyclone-South Pacific Ocean & Indian Ocean
THANK YOU!!
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