3.4 The tropical climate V3

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3.4 The tropical climate

What are we going to do today?

Recap
The tropics

Tropical climates and landscapes
Convectional rainfall

Homework

What does altitude mean?

What does latitude mean?

What is the difference between the Windward and the Leeward side?

1. The Leeward side is the right side of a mountain
2. The Leeward side is the left side of a mountain
3. There is plenty of rain at the Windward side
4. The Windward side will receive hardly any rain

The tropics

Tropical climate and landscape 

is characterised by a very high temperature and little difference between the coolest and warmest month.

f: Rainforest

w: Savanna, wet in summer

s: Savanna, dry in summer

m: Monsoon

Climate graph for Bandung, Indonesia (A?).

Climate graph for Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (A?).

 The savannah landscape in Tanzania.
(Aw or As)

Tropical rainforest in Australia.

(Am)

Monsoon climate = Climate zone with high temperatures and a specific dry period and also very high precipitation events during the wet season.

Convectional rainfall

A large amount of solar radiation in the tropics lead to convectional rainfall.

How it is formed:

1. Energy from the sun heats up the land and the air above;
2. A high rate of evaporation;
3. The warm and wet air rises and cool down;
4. Clouds are formed and rain will fall.

Use:
LB p93-96
WB p76-77

Make:
2 to 7