20 30° 40° 40 50 50 20° 20 20 20 30 30° 30° 30 40 40 40° 50 50° 50° 50% 40° 20° 20 30 30 40° 110 120 130 140 150 160. 1,000 180 2,000 8,000 MILES 1,000 2,000 3,000 KILOMETERS MODIFIED GOODE'S HOMOLOGINE EQUAL AREA PROJECTION Tropical climates Rain forest Monsoon Microthermal Humid continental (equatorial and tropical) Savanna (cold winter) Subarctic regions Mesothermal (mild winter) Humid subtropical Marine west coast Mediterranean Tundra Polar Ice caps and ice sheets Deserts Arid deserts Semiarid steppes Highland (altitude effects) Now we can take the basic climate information and plot it spatially on a map. We can now see the underlying patterns for the world. Why do we have deserts where we have deserts? Why in the Northern Hemisphere so much more extreme than the southern hemisphere? Why do areas at the same latitude and have different precipitation patterns? And, so much more! For your discussion, please research the precipitation and climate patterns of some place in the world. DESCRIBE the patterns and then, give an INTERPRETATION. Remember! Have fun! Include your source/s and possibly the link/s too. Please always write in your own words and hence, your own voice. timeters (inches) (11) 25.0 (10) 22.5 (9) 20.0 (8) 17.5 (7) 15.0 (6) 12.5 (5) 10.0 (4) 7.5 (70) 16 (60) 10 (50) 4 (40) 0(32) (30) -18 (3) 5.0 (2) 2.5 (1) 0 25.0 (10) (70) 16 (60) 10 Temperature °C (°F) Temperature °C (°F) — 22.5 (9) (50) 20.0 (8) 17.5 17 15.0 4 (40) 0(32) -1 (30) -7 (6) (20) 12.5 -12 (5) (10) 10.0 -18 (0) (4) (0) -23 7.5 (-10) (3) -23 (-10) -29 5.0 -29 (-20) (2) (-20) -34 2.5 -34 (-30) (-30) -40 0 -40 (-40) J F M A M J JASOND (-40) Month Station: San Francisco, California Lat/long: 37°37' N 122°23' W Avg. Ann. Temp. Total Ann. Precip.: 14°C (57.2°F) 47.5 cm (18.7 in.) Elevation: 5 m (16.4 ft) Population: 777,000 Ann. Temp. Range: 9°C (16.2 F°) Ann. Hr of Sunshine: (a) J F M A M J JASOND Month 2975 Station: Sevilla, Spain Lat/long: 37°22' N 6°00' W Avg. Ann. Temp.: 18°C (64.4°F) Total Ann. Precip.: 55.9 cm (22 in.) (b) Elevation: 13 m (42.6 ft) Population: 683,000 Ann. Temp. Range: 16 C° (28.8 F°) Ann. Hr of Sunshine: 2862 With all graphs, we start with the question, "What is on the horizontal axis?" And, here, we see time and in particular the months of a year. Then, we ask, "What is on the vertical axis?" And, we see that the one on the left represents precipitation and is displayed on the graph with blue bars. On the other vertical axis is the area's temperature averages month to month represented by a pinkish-purple line. Basically, we have two graphs on top of each other displaying unarguable, descriptive information about an area. Now for the fun part!!! The interpretation! Can you find it in the climograph? Yes! The top horizontal line displays the explanation for the precipitation and temperature patterns... Physical Geography is so fun!