CLIMATOLOGY

TROPICAL, EQUATORIAL and TEMPERATE

CLIMATIC ZONES

SUBMITTED TO- AR. PULKIT GUPTA

SUBMITTED BY- NIDHI JINDAL
RAAS S. RAFI
KAMAKSHI SHARMA
AKSHUN GUPTA
What is Weather???
•Weather is basically the way the atmosphere is behaving,
mainly with respect to its effects upon life and human
activities.
•Weather is visualized in terms of temperature, humidity,
precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and
atmospheric pressure, as in high and low pressure.

What is Climate???
•Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of
weather in a particular area.
•Scientists define climate as the average weather for a
particular region and time period, usually taken over 30-
years.
WHAT ARE CLIMATIC ZONES???

Climatic Zones are divisions of the Earth's climates into general climate

zones according to average temperatures and average rainfall. The four
major climate zones on the Earth are the polar, equatorial, temperate, and
tropical zones.
Tropical zone from 0°–23,5°

Characterstics:-
•In the regions between the equator and the tropics (Equatorial
region) the Solar radiation reaches the ground nearly vertically at
noontime during almost the entire year.
•Thereby, it is very warm in these regions.
•Through the high temperatures, more water evaporates, so that the
air is often moist.
•The resulting frequent and dense cloud cover reduces the effect of
solar radiation on ground temperature .
•Subtropics from 23,5°–40°

Characterstics:-
•The subtropics receive the highest radiation in the summer,
since the sun's angle at noon is almost vertical to the earth, whilst
the cloud cover is relatively thin.
•These regions receive less moisture, and that increases the
effect of radiation.
•Therefore, most of the deserts in the world are situated in this
zone.
•In the winter, the radiation in these regions decreases
significantly, and it can be temporarily very cool and moist .
Temperate Zone from 40°–60°

Characterstics:-
•In the temperate zone, the solar radiation arrives at a smaller
angle, and the average temperatures here are much cooler
than in the subtropics.
•The seasons and daylength differ significantly in the course of
a year.
•The climate is characterised by less frequent extremes, a more
regular distribution of the precipitation over the year and a
longer Vegetation period - therefore the tame "temperate".
TROPICAL RAINFOREST OR EQUITORIAL
TROPICAL MONSOON CLIMATE
DRY-WET TROPICAL CLIMATES
Temperate Climate

Temperate Climate
Climate map of
India.
 The green color in the map is
showing the temperate climate.
•Experienced in areas located
between 100 N and S around
the Equator.

•Examples:
1.Amazon Basin
2.South East Asia
3.Congo Basin