According to (Gutro, 2005) “Weather is basically the way the atmosphere is behaving, mainly with respect to its effect upon life and human activities.” Climate is different from weather it consists of the short term changes in the atmosphere, while climate is the weather over a long period of time.
Weather is made up of sunshine, rain, cloud cover, winds, hail, snow, sleet, freezing rain, flood, blizzards, ice storms, and thunderstorms, steady rains from a cold front, excessive heat, heat wave and more (Gutro, 2005). According to (editor, 2013) Weather differs from climate in that the latter includes the synthesis of weather conditions that have prevailed over a given area during a long time period-generally 30 years. Weather occurs in the troposphere, which is the lowest region of the atmosphere; the troposphere extends from the Earth’s surface to 6-8 km (4-5) at the poles and to about 17 km (11 miles) at the equator. Clouds and almost all precipitation develop in the troposphere. Conditions in the higher regions of the troposphere and above, such as the jet stream and upper-air waves, significantly affects sea-level atmospheric-pressure pattern-the so-called highs and lows- and thereby the weather condition at the terrestrial surface. Features such as mountains and large bodies of water also affect weather. It is also been identified that ocean-surface temperature anomalies are a potential cause of atmospheric temperature anomalies in successive seasons and at distant locations. An example of this weather-interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere is what scientists call the Nino/South Oscillation (ENSO). There is also evidence that ENSO is responsible not only for unusual weather events in the equation Pacific region,...
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Although some islands were affected more than others depending on the path the hurricane took. See figure 10 below
Hurricane
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The difference between weather and climate is important to understand when thinking about the Polar jet stream, because it does drive weather systems. Climate is th...
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Hurricane Sandy had its greatest impact on New Jersey, New York, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Haiti and Cuba. “The
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Climatology is described as the study of the origins and impacts of climate. To understand climatology, one must know the true definition of climate. Climate, simply, is the typical weather of a specific geographical region on earth. Climate can be affected by many factors. Some of these factors consist of: pollution, outgassing of volcanoes, seasonal changes, natural disasters, and carbon dioxide emissions, and greenhouse gasses. Ultimately, these factors lead to a phenomenon called climate change. Pollution, carbon dioxide emissions and the trapping of greenhouse gasses are most known for drastically changing earth's climate over the years. Carbon dioxide alone plays a key role in heating up the atmosphere. It alone combined with other greenhouse
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Climate change is one of the most discussed topics of the twenty-first century. Although this subject is very often on the daily basis of lots of people, most of them do not know much about it. So let us define climate change. People think that climate change is the same thing as global warming. However, global warming only represents one aspect of climate that is temperature. Climate change is any significant change in temperature, precipitation, or a wind pattern that occur over several decades or longer.
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An El Nino happens in intervals of 3-7 years. The formation of this is related to the Pacific Southern Oscillation which is also the cycling of the Pacific Ocean circulation. The Pacific Southern Oscillation (the change of atmospheric pressures) happens when the easterly trade winds collapse, weaken, or even reverse. As this happens, the upwelling stops. The slight weakening of the winds cause a small change in sea surface temperatures, and the wind and pressure changes increase. The warm water of the western Pacific Ocean flow eastward and sea surface temperatures increase on the western coast of South America. When this occurs, the wet weather conditions (originally in the western Pacific) move east, and dry conditions (normally in the east) appear in the west.