| Answers to 3. homework assignment:
Since you could chose your own city there is no
answer key for this assignment, but, aside from the requested graphs,
your solution should have included a discussion of the climate for your
city. This discussion should address:
- seasonality in temperature - is your site in
the southern/northern hemisphere, when is it "summer", how does this
affect temperatures, how much do temperatures vary over all etc.
- seasonality in precipitation - how far is
your site from the equator, how often and when does the tropical
convergence zone pass over your site, can you see this in your
climate record?
This should take care of most localities, but
there might be some that are not as easily explained,. For these:
- "freak" localities: e.g., cities high
in the mountains, on small islands etc. may have climates that are
not easily explained by the general tropical circulation models. You
should have recognized this and attempted an explanation.
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