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Climate Factors: For Each Climate Factor explain how and why it affects…
Climate Factors: For Each Climate Factor explain how and why it affects Climate
Elevation
Why: At higher elevations there are less air molecules to keep the sun's heat
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How: The higher you go the colder it gets
Relief
How: Climate can be affected by mountains when they stand in the path of wind systems
Why: Mountains receive more rainfall than lower areas because as air is forced over the high ground it cools, causing moist air to condense and fall out as rainfall.
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Ocean currents
Why: It helps even out distribution of solar radiation.
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How: It acts like a conveyer belt of cold and warm water, which sends heat towards the polar/colder regions and sends cold to the tropical regings to help them cool of.
Laditude
Why: Temperatures drop the further an area is from the equator because of the curvature of the earth
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How: Latitude affects the climate. When you are closer to the latitude of the equator the warmer it gets.
Wind and air masses
Why: When an air mass reaches a new region, it might meet with another air mass that has a different temperature and humidity, which can create a huge storm.
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How: When winds move air masses, they carry their weather conditions from the source region to a new region.
Bodies of water
How: Living next to a large lake acts like a temperature moderator, meaning cooler summer and warmer winters
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Why: Big lakes trap the heat from the summer and then release that heat, this happens because water takes a very long time to heat up or to cool down, air currents move the warmth from the lake to the land
