Monday, February 16, 2009
CLIMATE GRAPHS.Today’s lesson was rather short and sweet. (:
Basically, to determine :
1. how warm a climate is, we look at the temperature
2. how wet a climate is, we look at the amount of precipitation.
When reading climographs, we convert the amount of precipitation into mm. Note: (1cm=10mm)
There are 3 axis for climate graphs, and JFMAMJJASOND stands for the months in a year.
The line graph tells you the average monthly temperature,
and the bar represents the average monthly precipitation.
Things to note:
1. Always look at the title
2. Look at the temperature and amount of precipitation
MOST IMPORTANTLY: ALWAYS TAKE NOTE OF THE UNITS
Usually what you will be asked to do is to:
1. Describe how warm or how wet a place is.
2. Read temperature and precipitation, and describe what you see.
3. Describe the general pattern(magnitude)
4. Look out for the anomalies
5. What kind of climate does this country have? (Polar/Tropical/Temperate)
Example. Singapore's climate would be tropical, as it is warm and wet.
If countries are less wet than Singapore, we can describe them as mildly wet.
In addition, for countries such as Bombay, their climate would be described
described as very wet due to intense rainfall.
Thats all for now. (:
Cheers!
-grace :D