Descriptions

Question 0

Am tropical monsoon

Answer 0

Rain in summer
Windward coasts of SE Asia
20-40" rain/2 or 3 months
Drier months less than 2"/rain
High temp in late spring b/f monsoon
Control: shifting pressure systems

Question 1

Af tropical rainforest

Answer 1

Always warm and wet
Feels hotter b/c humidity
Mornings clear, afternoon thunder
Little wind
Controls: latitude, ITC, convection

Question 2

Aw tropical savanna

Answer 2

Most extensive of A climates
Lies N and S of Af climates
Dry winters b/c STH
Wet summers b/c ICZ
Wet months 10+"/month 
High temp in late spring b/f monsoon
Controls: shifting pressure systems

Question 3

BW desert

Answer 3

Very dry
Hot
Controls: leeward sides of mnts or subtropical high pressure

Question 4

BS steppe

Answer 4

Transition zone, deserts to more humid

Semi arid

Question 5

Csa Mediterranean

Answer 5

Summers totally dry
Mild, wet winters
Hot summers
Precip cyclonic but more on mnts

Question 6

Cfa humid subtropical

Answer 6

Hot, humid summer
Cold winter with killing frosts
Usually by warm ocean currents
SE sides of continents
Wet

Question 7

Cfb marine west coast

Answer 7

Cool, humid year round
Fairly reg precip, heaviest in winter
Occasional very high temp when unusual wind from land to sea
Rain from frontal/cyclonic storms

Question 8

Dfa humid continental

Answer 8

Winters cold, summers very warm
Year round precip, heaviest in winter
Winter precip is mostly snow
Humid

Question 9

Dfc sub-arctic

Answer 9

Next to tundra
Boreal and taiga regions
Long, cold winters, 6-7 months below freezing, world’s coldest temps

Question 10

ET tundra

Answer 10

Very cold most of year
Ground thaws during summer, some plant growth
Only 1-4 months average above freezing
Air too cold for moisture

Question 11

EF ice cap

Answer 11

Frozen all year
Little moisture, what falls, stays
-127F at Antarctica