What is a climate map?
Climatic map captures differences in climate above the geographical area. Can cover the entire planet, a single continent or a smaller area. Climate maps can show a total climate according to the classification system based on diameters or a single factor, such as temperature or precipitation. They can also show seasonal variations, assumed future climate or reconstruction of past climate. It is based on annual and monthly average temperatures and clotting and the resulting areas closely correlate with vegetation zones. This system was often modified by the coppen itself and later by others.Klima with high temperatures and high precipitation throughout the year; "B" is a dry climate, with low precipitation throughout the year, divided into "S" type, which is semi -dry and the type "W" that is dry; “C” is a damp climate of the middle width; "D" is a continental climate with relatively low precipitation and large seasonal temperature changes and "E" is a polar climate with low temperatures throughout the year. Sometimes the category of "H" is added that indicates the climate youSochin, which applies to high mountain areas such as Himalayas.
was added a second, lowercase letter to create a subcategory based on the seasonal precipitation formula, for example "S" indicates the dry summer season. Not all of these subcategories apply to every main type of climate. A third letter with a lowercase letter, which further divides some climate categories according to seasonal temperature patterns, such as "A" Indicastes hot summer, with average temperatures above 72 ° F (22 ° C). Again, not all of these apply to each type of climate. Overall, this system creates 30 types of climate that can be illustrated in different colors in the map of climatic areas.
Specific seasons can be illustrated on a climatic map, such as temperature variability or precipitation during the year. Lines can be drawn connecting points that have the same value for a given factor for creating a “outline” map showing high and lowareas for this factor. For example, lines connecting points of the same temperature are called isotherms, so the isotherm map can at first glance show temperature changes in the area or planet as a whole. A series of maps for different seasons can illustrate seasonal variations.
Concerns about climate change have led to the creation of climatic maps that show a possible future climate. These projections use on the basis of an estimated overall increase in temperatures that would result from different levels of carbon dioxide production. One such map shows the effects of the overall global temperature increase of 39.2 ° F (4 ° C). It is believed that temperatures would increase more than in the land than over the oceans and that the increase would be greater in high latitudes than in low latitudes. These maps can also illustrate changing geography as a result of increased sea levels.
It is possible to reconstruct the past climate using fossil and other evidence. For example, the analysis of pollen grains in ancient samples of soil may indicate thosePy vegetation present when the soil was created, which provides good climate indication only a few tens of thousands of years ago. Returning to the past, fossil evidence of plant residues, examples of attack - indicating a cold climate - or wind erosion - indicating dry climate - can provide climate information for hundreds of millions of years, allowing the past Climate Maps to be created.
climatic maps were even made for Mars. They are much easier than maps that illustrate the climate of the Earth because there are no oceans and no clotting. However, information on topography, albedo, the presence of ice and evidence of wind speed and direction combined with width, allowed the production of adequately detailed climatic maps of the Martians.