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Understanding Climate and Weather Elements

Climate is the long-term average of weather conditions in a large area, while weather is the current state of the atmosphere. Key elements of weather and climate include temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, and precipitation. Factors influencing climate include latitude, altitude, pressure systems, distance from the sea, ocean currents, and relief features.

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Understanding Climate and Weather Elements

Climate is the long-term average of weather conditions in a large area, while weather is the current state of the atmosphere. Key elements of weather and climate include temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind, humidity, and precipitation. Factors influencing climate include latitude, altitude, pressure systems, distance from the sea, ocean currents, and relief features.

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Climate

Climate refers to the sum total of weather conditions and variations over a large area for a long period of time
(more than thirty years).

Weather refers to the state of the atmosphere over an area at any point of time.

The elements of weather and climate

Temperature Atmospheric pressure Wind Humidity Precipitation.

Atmospheric pressure

Defined as the force per unit area exerted against a surface by the weight of the air above that surface. It is
measured by using barometer

Wind

Moving mass of air

The wind is caused by differences in the atmospheric pressure.

When a difference in atmospheric pressure exists, air moves from the higher to the lower pressure area,
resulting in winds of various speeds.

Humidity

• Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air.

• Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye.

Precipitation

It is a form of water from the atmosphere

in the form of rain ,snow etc

Monsoon

• The word monsoon is derived from the Arabic word ‘mausim’

• which literally means season.

‘Monsoon’ refers to the seasonal reversal in the wind direction during a year

• CLIMATE CONTROLS

• Latitude Altitude Pressure and wind system Distance from the sea (continentality)

• Ocean currents and relief features. Relief features

LATITUDE
Due to the curvature of the earth, the amount of solar energy received varies according to latitude. As a
result, air temperature generally decreases from the equator towards the poles.

ALTITUDE

• As one goes from the surface of the earth to higher altitudes, the atmosphere becomes less dense and
temperature decreases. The hills are therefore cooler during summers

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