Essays on Climate

Preface The beginnings of meteorology in India can be traced to ancient times from the philosophical writings of the Vedic period, contain serious discussion about the processes of cloud formation and rain, and the seasonal cycles caused by the movement of the earth around the sun. But, Modern Meteorology is regarded to have had its…

INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE The Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is the area encircling the earth near the equator where winds originating in the northern and southern hemispheres come together. Consequences of the ITCZ’s movement are the “monsoon seasons” that affect areas in the tropics, as well as the formation of tropical storms during the local hemispheric…

The difference between weather and climate is a measure of time. Weather is what conditions of the atmosphere are over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere “behaves” over relatively long periods of time. http://www. nasa. gov/mission_pages/noaa-n/climate/climate_weather. html The definition and discussion of Meteorologist and Climatologist? A meteorologist is a scientist…

Coastal plains are a geologic feature found around the world and on both the eastern and western coasts of India. Coastal plains are characterized by an area of flat low lying land that is situated adjacent to a water body often a sea or ocean. It is also of note that coastal plains are separated…

Hawaii clime is tropical with singular differences in clime within short distances. Hawaii’s clime is warm throughout the twelvemonth with temperatures runing from 20 to 28°C ( 68 to 85°F ) . The rainy season is between December to March ; rain can be heavy in the mountains but elsewhere it is confined to short…

Introduction What is El Nino? The semisynthetic environmental catastrophe made out to be, or an flight from what research workers can non explicate? Understanding the events construction and planetary impact is the first measure to construing these inquiries. The planetary population can non take sides on an issue that they do non grok, yet recent…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations: Interconnected The heat gradient of the earth’s surface serves as the driving force for atmospheric circulation (Hodell & Thomas, 2000). The resulting differences in the temperature of different areas also bring forth a variation in pressure. When there is a difference in terms of pressure, air movement is initiated, and thus,…

Is it true that the further away from the ocean it is, the wider the temperature range? The theory of continentality is true. The further away from the Gulf of Mexico, the higher the temperature range will be. The theory of continentality is that the further away from a major ocean, the greater the temperature…

A mid latitude cyclone can also be referred to as an extratropical cyclone. As the name mid latitude suggests, they are found outside the tropics but before the north and south poles, approximately between 23 and 66 degrees on each of the hemispheres or the temperate zones of the earth between the Antarctic and the…

The greenhouse effect is an increase in the atmospheric temperature caused by increasing amounts of greenhouse gases. These gases act as a heat blanket insulating the Earth’s surface absorbing and trapping heat radiation which normally escapes from the earth. They include carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, nitrous oxide, CFC’s, and other halocarbons. The earth’s atmosphere…