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	World Climates
		Climate is the characteristic condition of the atmosphere near the earth's surface at a certain place on earth.
		Characterized by grasslands, this is a semiarid climate.
		The climate of a highland area is closely related to the climate of the surrounding biome.
	www.blueplanetbiomes.org /climate.htm (2131 words)

	Wet Dry Tropical Climate
		The Tropical Wet/Dry climate is located on the poleward sides of the tropical wet climates, positioned between them and the tropical dry climates.
		Like the monsoon climate, the maximum temperature tends to occur in late spring to early summer prior to the onset of the rainy season.
		The Tropical Wet/Dry climate is the driest of the tropical wet climates.
	www.uwsp.edu /geo/faculty/ritter/geog101/textbook/climate_systems/tropical_wetdry_1.html (722 words)

	Ecuador Weather - Ecuador Climate - Ecuador General Information :: Go Ecuador .com
		In order to understand why there are so many different types of climates in Ecuador, you need to consider the altitude of each area of the country.
		In Ecuador, nine different climates can be identified: one dry, three tropical (wet, monsoon and savanna), three meso-thermic (wet, semi-wet and dry) and the "paramo" (alpine tundra).
		The ninth climate is that of the Galapagos Islands.
	www.goecuador.com /ecuador-general-info/ecuador-climate.html (386 words)

	RealClimate » Tropical Glacier Retreat
		Assessing the ability of climate models to reproduce this change is an important part of determining the fidelity with which the models can be expected to forecast the way climate will change in response to future increases in greenhouse gas content.
		Because of the spatial homogeneity of tropical free-tropospheric temperature, when one sees tropical glaciers recede in concert, there is strong reason to presume that air temperature is playing a direct role, temperature being the one thing that is expected to change in lock-step throughout the tropics.
		Data from the tropical and subtropical Andes suggest that changes in precipitation and cloud cover in the latter portion of the 20th century are minor, and that changes in these quantities are unlikely candidates for explaining Andes glacier retreat.
	www.realclimate.org /index.php?p=157 (8378 words)

	Cnes - PR47-2004 - Megha-Tropiques taking a closer look at tropical climate and cyclones
		The role of water in the tropical atmosphere is a complex phenomenon and its effect on climate is still poorly understood.
		And, within the wider perspective of climate change, the distribution of water vapour, cloud and radiative fluxes, and precipitations and latent heat are likely to be modified.
		Studying the energy budget throughout the ITCZ is therefore emerging as a priority for scientists researching the climate system and climate variations brought about by human activities.
	www.cnes.fr /web/2818-pr47-2004-megha-tropiques-taking-a-closer-look-at-tropical-climate-and-cyclones.php (726 words)

	Tropical Climate
		Much of the equatorial belt within the tropical climate zone experiences hot and humid weather.
		The principal regions with a tropical climate are the Amazon Basin in Brazil, the Congo Basin in West Africa and Indonesia.
		Because a substantial part of the Sun’s heat is used up in evaporation and rain formation, temperatures in the tropics rarely exceed 35°C; a daytime maximum of 32°C is more common.
	www.ace.mmu.ac.uk /eae/Climate/Older/Tropical_Climate.html (245 words)

	Caribbean Destinations
		Antigua is located in the middle of the Leeward Islands in the Eastern Caribbean, approximately 17 degrees north of the equator.
		Barbados is a unique Caribbean paradise known for its culture, activities and pleasant tropical climate.
		Hispaniola is the second largest of the Greater Antilles islands next to Cuba, and enjoys a tropical climate almost all year.
	www.changes.com /destinations.html (1406 words)

	FAQ : HURRICANES, TYPHOONS, AND TROPICAL CYCLONES
		But while observations of tropical and subtropical sea surface temperature have shown an overall increase of about 0.2 C (0.4 F) over the past ~50 years, there is only weak evidence of a systematic increase in potential intensity (Bister and Emanuel, 2002; Free et al., 2004).
		Because the global earth system is highly complicated, until a relationship between actual storm intensity and tropical climate change is clearly demonstrated, it would be premature to conclude that such a link exists or is significant (from the standpoints of either event or outcome risk) in the context of variability.
		Additionally, even if a relationship were to be found between trends in sea surface temperature and various measures of tropical cyclone intensity, this would not necessarily mean that the storms of 2004 or their associated damages could be attributed directly or indirectly to increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/tcfaq/G3.html (1847 words)

	TROPICAL CLIMATE - Find Information Here! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The principal regions with a tropical climate are the Amazon Basin in...
		The tropics however, are never as hot as the deserts that lie to the north and
		A tropical climate is a type of climate typical in the tropics.
	www.buypalmtrees.com /palmstropical%20climate.htm (232 words)

	the Living Africa: the land - Sahara Desert - Climate
		The Sahara's climate consists of basically two sub-climates, a dry subtropical climate in the north and a dry tropical climate in the south.
		The dry tropical climate is generally characterized by mild, dry winters, a hot dry season just before the rainy season, and an annual temperature cycle.
		The climate of the southern tropical region of the Sahara is dictated by a stable continental air mass and an unstable marine air mass.
	library.thinkquest.org /16645/the_land/saha_cl.shtml (444 words)

	Tropical Rainforests
		We know tropical rainforests are one of the most exciting environments to explore – 40% of all the species on earth are thought to live in the tree canopy of the world's rainforests.
		Tropical rainforests are an important habitat for migratory animals and sustain as much as 50% of all species and hundreds of unique indigenous cultures.
		Climate: Tropical rainforests are located in tropical regions and they receive a lot of sunlight, almost 12 hours every day of the year.
	www.globio.org /glossopedia/tropicalrainforest/index.htm (1923 words)

	USGCRP Seminar: Sensitivity of the Tropics to a Global Climate Warming: Evidence and Implications
		The influence of the tropics on the Earth's climate, as well as the sensitivity of the tropics to a global climate warming (and variations in the occurrence and intensity of El Niño/La Niña events and monsoons), are issues of growing concern.
		Until quite recently, many scientists considered long-term climate changes, such as the waxing and waning of ice ages and intermittent warm periods, to be primarily a polar-driven phenomenon that had very little impact on the climate of the tropics.
		As the Earth's climate is thermodynamically non-linear, water vapor feedbacks in the tropics, associated with a global warming, may, in fact, be partially responsible for the present and possible future amplification of climatic changes in the tropics.
	www.usgcrp.gov /usgcrp/seminars/991111FO.html (2115 words)

	The tropics, tropical climate and plants
		It is a common misconception for those not familiar with tropical fruit and palms to jump to the conclusion that you cant grow tropical plants...unless you live in a tropical climate.
		The tropics are an region on the earth that is located between the Tropic of Cancer an and Tropic of Capricorn.
		“Tropical impersonators” are important for creating the backbone of the subtropical garden, since it would be foolish to risk a marginally hardy plant in a location where its function in the garden is important (such as a windbreak or shade tree).
	www.cloudforest.com /cafe/forum/6414.html (5714 words)

	informationsphere.com: Tropical Climate
		Much of the equatorial belt within the tropical climate zone experiences hot and humid weather.
		The principal regions with a tropical climate are the Amazon Basin in Brazil, the Congo Basin in West Africa and Indonesia.
		Because a substantial part of the Sunís heat is used up in evaporation and rain formation, temperatures in the tropics rarely exceed 35?C; a daytime maximum of 32?C is more common.
	www.informationsphere.com /html/289.htm (289 words)

	Climate in Tropical Rainforest
		Only the rainforests that are located in the tropics, or ten degrees within the equator have year-round warm weather.
		The tropical rain forest is a very wet environment, as you hear from the name that contains "rain".
		This type of climate in the tropical rain forest is known as equatorial climate.
	library.thinkquest.org /26634/forest/climate.htm (227 words)

	Tropical Cyclones and Global Climate Change: A Post-IPCC Assessment
		Tropical cyclones derive energy primarily from evaporation from the ocean and the associated condensation in convective clouds concentrated near their centre (Holland 1993), as compared to mid-latitude storms which primarily obtain energy from horizontal temperature gradients in the atmosphere.
		Tropical cyclones are seasonal phenomena: most tropical ocean basins have a maximum frequency of cyclone formation during the late summer to early autumn period.
		This weakening in tropical circulation appeared to be one of the primary reasons for the decrease in the model's tropical cyclone activity.
	www.aoml.noaa.gov /hrd/Landsea/IPCC (10923 words)

	- Prometheus: WMO Consensus Statement on Tropical Cyclones and Climate Change Archives
		Climate proxies and methods that show little climate change before the industrial revolution will be favored over the much greater numbers that show a more variable climate in the past.
		Climate change is an issue because it relates to unowned, open-access common resources; ocean fisheries are a similary example.
		Even on climate change, I think it easy to demonstrate that there has been a deliberate effort to manipulate public opinion in favor of "skepticism" and to paint enviros/leftists as the enemy of mankind or as seeking to destroy the US economy.
	sciencepolicy.colorado.edu /prometheus/archives/climate_change/001005wmo_consensus_statem.html (6415 words)

	Tropical Dynamics (SST Regulation, Thermostat, A Hot Tropics)
		My overarching goal is to study climate as an evolving but surprisingly stable dynamic system, one in which interactions of the cryosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere are considered in an integrated fashion.
		Understanding the interaction of radiative and dynamic processes at work in the Tropics is essential for evaluating the effects of ENSO, predicting climatic responses to anthropogenic CO2 increases and more generally, in shedding light on the problem of the long term stability of the Tropical climate.
		We suggest that tropical SSTs may have been significantly warmer than modern during "hothouse" climates in the past, and that therefore the existence of a tropical thermostat is unlikely.
	es.ucsc.edu /~rop/tropical.html (659 words)

	BBC - Weather Centre - WeatherWise - Fact Files - Climate
		In many parts of the tropics, high temperatures and heavy rainfall are accompanied by very humid and often cloudy conditions.
		Conditions here are perfect for the growth of lush tropical rainforest and the greatest rainforests in the world lie within 10 degrees latitude of the equator.
		In many areas of tropical climates, such as in East Africa, a vegetation known as savannah is characteristic.
	www.bbc.co.uk /weather/weatherwise/factfiles/basics/climate_tropical.shtml (370 words)

	Tropical Climate
		Places close to the equator where the Sun is hot all the year round are known as the tropics.
		The daytime temperature in the tropics rarely falls below 25°C, even in winter, and nights are generally almost as warm.
		The tropics however, are never as hot as the deserts that lie to the north and south of the tropical climate zone, and the temperature rarely exceeds 35°C. The tropics are home to the world's rainforests, found in Brazil, central Africa, Indonesia and Northern Australia.
	www.ace.mmu.ac.uk /eae/Climate/Younger/Tropical_Climate.html (104 words)

	WHOI : Ocean and Climate Change Institute : Tropical Plants Help Identify Lags Between Abrupt Climate and Vegetation ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		While abrupt climate shifts occurred simultaneously in the high latitudes of the North Atlantic and in tropical South America, the WHOI researchers found that abrupt changes in tropical vegetation lagged the abrupt climate shifts by 25 to 50 years.
		Previous studies of methane concentrations, a recorder of tropical wetland formation, in Greenland ice cores and temperature changes over Greenland were used to infer that tropical climate change may have lagged high-latitude changes, favoring a high-latitude trigger for abrupt shifts.
		In today's study, however, the team's findings provide evidence that tropical vegetation change lagged local tropical climate, and climate shifts at high and low latitudes were simultaneous.
	www.whoi.edu /institutes/occi/viewArticle.do?id=879 (478 words)

	ScienceDaily: Model Helps Scientists Home In On Tropical Climate Controls
		The discovery reveals a hidden climate mechanism that may be of critical importance to studies of past and future global and regional climate change, says Liu.
		According to the scenario depicted by the modeling experiments conducted by Liu and colleague Haijun Yang, the heat carried via the atmospheric bridges from the tropics to higher latitudes is reduced as a result of warming climate in the higher latitudes.
		It will enable scientists to gain more insight into climate and climate change as an unknown mechanism is revealed and added to the mix of variables that researchers must grasp as they wrestle with the hugely complex problem of understanding and forecasting climate change.
	www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2003/05/030522082423.htm (922 words)

	John Hawks Anthropology Weblog : Tropical African climate after LGM
		Tropical African temperatures gradually increased from 21° to 25°C over the last deglaciation, which is a larger warming than estimated for the tropical Atlantic Ocean.
		This difference between continental and oceanic deglacial warming in the tropics is in agreement with climate model studies, which suggest that the average continental deglacial warming in the tropics was about 1.5 times stronger than the deglacial warming of the tropical oceans (23, 24).
		However, in tropical areas, this effect is counteracted by a negative feedback from reduced evaporation, which results from decreased tropical rainforest area [again, during glacials].
	johnhawks.net /weblog/reviews/climate/paleo/weijer_2007_tropical_africa_lgm.html (462 words)

	Weekly Tropical Climate Note
		How the tropical climate system responds in coming months may be determined by the evolution of this sea-surface temperature pattern.
		An active MJO phase over northern Australia at this time of the year is typically associated with an increased frequency of higher rainfall events over much of the northern tropical region, and this phase has again lingered over the region for longer than usual, well into November.
		Thus there is a reasonable expectation of a suppressing effect on tropical weather from late November to the middle part of December.
	www.bom.gov.au /climate/tropnote/tropnote.shtml (640 words)

	Climate. Geography of Mexico. Mexico for Kids.
		Climate is the most frequent state of the atmosphere anywhere in Mexico and the world.
		Tropical climate is hot and humid with rain all year.
		This climate occurs mostly in the Lacandon Jungle in Chiapas.
	www.elbalero.gob.mx /pages_kids/geography/climate_kids.html (422 words)

	Tropical climate change recorded by a glacier in the central Andes during the last decades of the twentieth century: ...
		Tropical climate change recorded by a glacier in the central Andes during the last decades of the twentieth century: Chacaltaya, Bolivia, 16°S
		The reasons for the accelerated glacier retreat observed since the early 1980s in the tropical Andes are analyzed based on the well-documented Chacaltaya glacier (Bolivia).
		The glacier mass balance is influenced by tropical Pacific SSTA primarily through changes in precipitation, which is significantly reduced during El Niño events.
	www.agu.org /pubs/crossref/2003/2002JD002959.shtml (450 words)

	Climate of the Tropical Rainforests (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In describing climate, they consider air temperature and rainfall conditions and how these conditions remain the same or change from one season to the next.
		Because most tropical rainforest regions are in the southern hemisphere, the dry season is considered to be summer although it begins in December.
		The climate inside a tropical rainforest is influenced by the canopy.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/rainforest_climate_students.htm (782 words)

	Sowing guides
		The timetables for planting depend on which of the three climate zones you live in...
		These sowing guides are separated further into three climate zones AND northern and southern hemispheres.
		The guides are general so your own working knowledge of local climate will help you get the perfect timetable for sowing and planting vegetables.
	www.no-dig-vegetablegarden.com /sowing-guides.html (138 words)

	Climate Dynamics at RSMAS
		One of the main sources of uncertainty in computer model projections of future climate change is due to a lack of knowledge of how clouds will change in a changing climate.
		Figure 1: One climate problem of interest to both modelers and observationalists is the response of convection to the atmospheric moisture profile.
		A recent field experiment to the eastern tropical Pacific documented the cloud vertical structure through a cloud radar, the wind divergences with a Doppler precipitation radar, the surface rainfall rates, and the atmospheric relative humidity, all shown in this figure for 5 days.
	www.rsmas.miami.edu /climate/climate_dynamics-2.html (282 words)

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