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Global Climate Systems
Objectives
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After reading Chapter 10, you should be able to:
- Define climate and climatology and explain the difference between climate and weather.
- Review the role of temperature, precipitation, air pressure, and air mass patterns used to establish climatic regions.
- Review Köppen's development of an empirical climate classification system and compare his with other ways of classifying climate.
- Describe the A, C, D, and E climate classification categories and locate these regions on a world map.
- Explain the precipitation and moisture efficiency criteria used to determine the B climates and locate them on a world map.
- Outline future climate patterns from forecasts presented and explain the causes and potential consequences.
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