The word climate means

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Climate is the long-term weather pattern in a region, typically averaged over 30 years.^[1][2] More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years. Some of the meteorological variables that are commonly measured are temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, and precipitation. In a broader sense, climate is the state of the components of the climate system, including the atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, lithosphere and biosphere and the interactions between them.^[1] The climate of a location is affected by its latitude, longitude, terrain, altitude, land use and nearby water bodies and their currents.^[3]

Climates can be classified according to the average and typical variables, most commonly temperature and precipitation. The most widely used classification scheme was the Köppen climate classification. The Thornthwaite system,^[4] in use since 1948, incorporates evapotranspiration along with temperature and precipitation information and is used in studying biological diversity and how climate change affects it. Finally, the Bergeron and Spatial Synoptic Classification systems focus on the origin of air masses that define the climate of a region.

Paleoclimatology is the study of ancient climates. Paleoclimatologists seek to explain climate variations for all parts of the Earth during any given geologic period, beginning with the time of the Earth’s formation.^[5] Since very few direct observations of climate were available before the 19th century, paleoclimates are inferred from proxy variables. They include non-biotic evidence—such as sediments found in lake beds and ice cores—and biotic evidence—such as tree rings and coral. Climate models are mathematical models of past, present, and future climates. Climate change may occur over long and short timescales from various factors. Recent warming is discussed in global warming, which results in redistributions. For example, «a 3 °C [5 °F] change in mean annual temperature corresponds to a shift in isotherms of approximately 300–400 km [190–250 mi] in latitude (in the temperate zone) or 500 m [1,600 ft] in elevation. Therefore, species are expected to move upwards in elevation or towards the poles in latitude in response to shifting climate zones.»^[6][7]

Definition[edit]

Climate (from Ancient Greek κλίμα ‘inclination’) is commonly defined as the weather averaged over a long period.^[8] The standard averaging period is 30 years,^[9] but other periods may be used depending on the purpose. Climate also includes statistics other than the average, such as the magnitudes of day-to-day or year-to-year variations. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2001 glossary definition is as follows:

Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the «average weather», or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period ranging from months to thousands or millions of years. The classical period is 30 years, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). These quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, precipitation, and wind. Climate in a wider sense is the state, including a statistical description, of the climate system.^[10]

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) describes «climate normals» as «reference points used by climatologists to compare current climatological trends to that of the past or what is considered typical. A climate normal is defined as the arithmetic average of a climate element (e.g. temperature) over a 30-year period. A 30-year period is used as it is long enough to filter out any interannual variation or anomalies such as El Niño–Southern Oscillation, but also short enough to be able to show longer climatic trends.»^[11]

The WMO originated from the International Meteorological Organization which set up a technical commission for climatology in 1929. At its 1934 Wiesbaden meeting, the technical commission designated the thirty-year period from 1901 to 1930 as the reference time frame for climatological standard normals. In 1982, the WMO agreed to update climate normals, and these were subsequently completed on the basis of climate data from 1 January 1961 to 31 December 1990.^[12] The 1961–1990 climate normals serve as the baseline reference period. The next set of climate normals to be published by WMO is from 1991 to 2010.^[13] Aside from collecting from the most common atmospheric variables (air temperature, pressure, precipitation and wind), other variables such as humidity, visibility, cloud amount, solar radiation, soil temperature, pan evaporation rate, days with thunder and days with hail are also collected to measure change in climate conditions.^[14]

The difference between climate and weather is usefully summarized by the popular phrase «Climate is what you expect, weather is what you get.»^[15] Over historical time spans, there are a number of nearly constant variables that determine climate, including latitude, altitude, proportion of land to water, and proximity to oceans and mountains. All of these variables change only over periods of millions of years due to processes such as plate tectonics. Other climate determinants are more dynamic: the thermohaline circulation of the ocean leads to a 5 °C (41 °F) warming of the northern Atlantic Ocean compared to other ocean basins.^[16] Other ocean currents redistribute heat between land and water on a more regional scale. The density and type of vegetation coverage affects solar heat absorption,^[17] water retention, and rainfall on a regional level. Alterations in the quantity of atmospheric greenhouse gases determines the amount of solar energy retained by the planet, leading to global warming or global cooling. The variables which determine climate are numerous and the interactions complex, but there is general agreement that the broad outlines are understood, at least insofar as the determinants of historical climate change are concerned.^[18]

Climate classification[edit]

Climate classifications are systems that categorize the world’s climates. A climate classification may correlate closely with a biome classification, as climate is a major influence on life in a region. One of the most used is the Köppen climate classification scheme first developed in 1899.^[19]

There are several ways to classify climates into similar regimes. Originally, climes were defined in Ancient Greece to describe the weather depending upon a location’s latitude. Modern climate classification methods can be broadly divided into genetic methods, which focus on the causes of climate, and empiric methods, which focus on the effects of climate. Examples of genetic classification include methods based on the relative frequency of different air mass types or locations within synoptic weather disturbances. Examples of empiric classifications include climate zones defined by plant hardiness,^[20] evapotranspiration,^[21] or more generally the Köppen climate classification which was originally designed to identify the climates associated with certain biomes. A common shortcoming of these classification schemes is that they produce distinct boundaries between the zones they define, rather than the gradual transition of climate properties more common in nature.

Record[edit]

Paleoclimatology[edit]

Paleoclimatology is the study of past climate over a great period of the Earth’s history. It uses evidence with different time scales (from decades to millennia) from ice sheets, tree rings, sediments, pollen, coral, and rocks to determine the past state of the climate. It demonstrates periods of stability and periods of change and can indicate whether changes follow patterns such as regular cycles.^[22]

Modern[edit]

Details of the modern climate record are known through the taking of measurements from such weather instruments as thermometers, barometers, and anemometers during the past few centuries. The instruments used to study weather over the modern time scale, their observation frequency, their known error, their immediate environment, and their exposure have changed over the years, which must be considered when studying the climate of centuries past.^[23] Long-term modern climate records skew towards population centres and affluent countries.^[24] Since the 1960s, the launch of satellites allow records to be gathered on a global scale, including areas with little to no human presence, such as the Arctic region and oceans.

Climate variability[edit]

Climate variability is the term to describe variations in the mean state and other characteristics of climate (such as chances or possibility of extreme weather, etc.) «on all spatial and temporal scales beyond that of individual weather events.»^[25] Some of the variability does not appear to be caused systematically and occurs at random times. Such variability is called random variability or noise. On the other hand, periodic variability occurs relatively regularly and in distinct modes of variability or climate patterns.^[26]

There are close correlations between Earth’s climate oscillations and astronomical factors (barycenter changes, solar variation, cosmic ray flux, cloud albedo feedback, Milankovic cycles), and modes of heat distribution between the ocean-atmosphere climate system. In some cases, current, historical and paleoclimatological natural oscillations may be masked by significant volcanic eruptions, impact events, irregularities in climate proxy data, positive feedback processes or anthropogenic emissions of substances such as greenhouse gases.^[27]

Over the years, the definitions of climate variability and the related term climate change have shifted. While the term climate change now implies change that is both long-term and of human causation, in the 1960s the word climate change was used for what we now describe as climate variability, that is, climatic inconsistencies and anomalies.^[26]

Climate change[edit]

Climate change is the variation in global or regional climates over time.^[31] It reflects changes in the variability or average state of the atmosphere over time scales ranging from decades to millions of years. These changes can be caused by processes internal to the Earth, external forces (e.g. variations in sunlight intensity) or, more recently, human activities.^[32][33]
In recent usage, especially in the context of environmental policy, the term «climate change» often refers only to changes in modern climate, including the rise in average surface temperature known as global warming. In some cases, the term is also used with a presumption of human causation, as in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC uses «climate variability» for non-human caused variations.^[34]

Earth has undergone periodic climate shifts in the past, including four major ice ages. These consisting of glacial periods where conditions are colder than normal, separated by interglacial periods. The accumulation of snow and ice during a glacial period increases the surface albedo, reflecting more of the Sun’s energy into space and maintaining a lower atmospheric temperature. Increases in greenhouse gases, such as by volcanic activity, can increase the global temperature and produce an interglacial period. Suggested causes of ice age periods include the positions of the continents, variations in the Earth’s orbit, changes in the solar output, and volcanism.^[35] However, these naturally-caused changes in climate occur on a much slower time scale than the present rate of change which is caused by the emission of greenhouse gases by human activities.^[36]

Climate models[edit]

Climate models use quantitative methods to simulate the interactions and transfer of radiative energy between the atmosphere,^[37] oceans, land surface and ice through a series of physics equations. They are used for a variety of purposes; from the study of the dynamics of the weather and climate system, to projections of future climate. All climate models balance, or very nearly balance, incoming energy as short wave (including visible) electromagnetic radiation to the Earth with outgoing energy as long wave (infrared) electromagnetic radiation from the earth. Any imbalance results in a change in the average temperature of the earth.

Climate models are available on different resolutions ranging from >100 km to 1 km. High resolutions in global climate models are computational very demanding and only few global datasets exists. Global climate models can be dynamically or statistically downscaled to regional climate models to analyze impacts of climate change on a local scale. Examples are ICON^[38] or mechanistically downscaled data such as CHELSA (Climatologies at high resolution for the earth’s land surface areas).^[39][40]

The most talked-about applications of these models in recent years have been their use to infer the consequences of increasing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, primarily carbon dioxide (see greenhouse gas). These models predict an upward trend in the global mean surface temperature, with the most rapid increase in temperature being projected for the higher latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.

Models can range from relatively simple to quite complex:

• Simple radiant heat transfer model that treats the earth as a single point and averages outgoing energy
• this can be expanded vertically (radiative-convective models), or horizontally
• finally, (coupled) atmosphere–ocean–sea ice global climate models discretise and solve the full equations for mass and energy transfer and radiant exchange.^[41]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• The Study of Climate on Alien Worlds; Characterizing atmospheres beyond our Solar System is now within our reach Kevin Heng July–August 2012 American Scientist
• Reumert, Johannes: «Vahls climatic divisions. An explanation» (Geografisk Tidsskrift, Band 48; 1946)

External links[edit]

• NOAA Climate Services Portal
• NOAA State of the Climate
• NASA’s Climate change and global warming portal
• Climate Prediction Project
• Climate index and mode information – Arctic
• Climate: Data and charts for world and US locations
• IPCC Data Distribution Centre – Climate data and guidance on use.
• HistoricalClimatology.com – Past, present and future climates – 2013.
• Globalclimatemonitor – Contains climatic information from 1901.
• ClimateCharts – Webapplication to generate climate charts for recent and historical data.
• International Disaster Database
• Paris Climate Conference

климат, атмосфера, состояние общественного мнения, настроение

существительное ↓

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- амер. акклиматизировать
- акклиматизироваться

Словосочетания

a country with a cold climate — страна с холодным климатом  
a climate marked by heavy fogs — климат, который отличается сильными туманами  
a dry climate kind to asthmatics — сухой климат, благоприятный для астматиков  
arid climate — сухой климат  
humid climate — влажный климат  
temperate climate — умеренный климат  
tropical climate — тропический климат  
to harden to a climate — привыкать к климату  
inhospitable climate — суровый климат  
artificial climate — искусственный климат  
change climate — изменять настроение; изменять атмосферу  
climate data program — программа сбора климатических данных  

Примеры с переводом

Примеры, ожидающие перевода

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noun
ед. ч.(singular): climate
мн. ч.(plural): climates

Yet, despite this recent report, and despite all we do know about climate change, the topic has become the C-word in Washington, D.C. Just as the term «global warming» fell out of favor, the term «climate change» is now one that few in our nation’s capital dare bring up in conversation, much less in legislation. ❋ Heidi Cullen (2011)

As with religion, its claims are often non-falsifiable, hence the convenience of the term «climate change» when thermometers don’t oblige the expected trend lines. ❋ Bret Stephens (2011)

Although the term climate is highly abstract and behavioral scientists have had great difficulty measuring it, we can identify some basic features, or clues, by which we can assess the climate of a typical organization and that we can use as guides for improving it. ❋ KARL ALBRECHT (1979)

What is more, the United Nations contests the use of the term «climate refugees» or «environmental refugees.» ❋ By DOROTHY SPEARS (2011)

In the US Congress, any bill or suggested appropriation that contains the keyword climate is eliminated, most probably without being read. ❋ Peter Neill (2011)

Instead, they find lumps of frozen words lying on the ground that a change in climate is starting to thaw, releasing the sounds of the past. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The warmists have recently invented the term climate disrutption so that they can blame all weather events; droughts, floods, cold and hot weather on global warming, it is such a transparant attempt to keep the public alarmed and money flowing into the overflowing coffers of the climate change departments of the universities and met. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It was Cameron’s turn, and he talked about pricing externalities, and silent taxation and how he had met on the Hill that day with «leaders who said, ‘We can’t use the term climate change.'» ❋ Unknown (2010)

On the other hand, the term climate refers to patterns in average temperature, precipitation, etc., that persist for longer time periods (usually, decades or longer). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Second — I really hate the term climate change …. it really has taken the steam out of the need to end pollution. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What I noticed about this programme is that there was vitually no mention of MAN-MADE global warming and for some reason it seems to claim the the ‘denial machine’ invented the term climate change so that it could be used instead of the phrase global warming. ❋ Unknown (2006)

In the present state of that wonderful complex of actions which we term climate, glaciers are everywhere, so far as our observations enable us to judge, generally in process of decrease. ❋ Nathaniel Southgate Shaler (1873)

Some of my more sceptical climbing friends say it’s too easy to attach the phrase «climate change» to everything that happens in the entropic world of the high mountains. ❋ Ed Douglas (2011)

[If it’s] [cold] today, that’s [weather]. If it’s always cold, that’s climate. ❋ Lanteigne (2005)

[Holy crap] [dude] the climate is [hot] here! ❋ Kizzyy (2011)

[Global warming] scares the heck out of Jim. [Poor guy], he must be [climatized]. ❋ PWS27 (2017)

So, what’s the [climate] like at [McDonald’s]
So, what do you think of this climateWhat’s the climate [lookin’] like ❋ Situational Awareness (2018)

[The end] of [the movie] was very [climatic] ❋ Iusedtobegreen (2011)

Ohh dude, that [trick] was so [climate]
[I hear that] new movie is pretty climate ❋ Joonas4321 (2008)

Probably [Bjørn] Lomborg was the only [respectable] climate sceptic but [for now] he does not support his former opinions anymore either. ❋ Antiglobe (2010)

I’d rather have [frostbite] than a [climate oppressed] [cubical], I can’t even tell if the sun is out! ❋ Rapevan (2009)

«In this economic climate, I’m afraid I simply cannot afford to realize the [dividends] in my [portfolio].»
«Sorry, I can’t pay [muh] rent because of this economic climate.»
«Gotta quarter? I’m homeless thanks to the gub’ment and this economic climate.» ❋ Trionna & Shiggity (2009)

Let’s rally ‘round this [buffoon] of a climate arsonist and watch the entire US [go up] [in flames]! ❋ Dr Bunnygirl (2020)

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  ˈklaɪmɪt
  1. сущ.
  1) климат arid climate ≈ сухой климат humid climate ≈ влажный климат temperate climate ≈ умеренный климат tropical climate ≈ тропический климат
  2) район с определенным климатом The husbandry on Norway, and other northern climates. ≈ Сельское хозяйство в Норвегии и других северных районах.
  3) атмосфера, обстановка, настроение climate of opinion, climate of thought ≈ состояние общественного мнения, общественный климат Syn: atmosphere
  2. гл.
  1) акклиматизировать, приспосабливать к новой среде
  2) возвр. акклиматизироваться, приспосабливаться к новой среде ∙ acclimatize
  климат — mild * мягкий климат — temperate * умеренный климат район, область с определенным режимом погоды атмосфера, настроение, умонастроение — * of opinion общественное мнение — * of confidence атмосфера доверия — international * международная обстановка (американизм) акклиматизировать (американизм) акклиматизироваться
  climate атмосфера;
  настроение;
  состояние общественного мнения (часто climate of opinion) ;
  international climate международная обстановка;
  in a friendly climate в атмосфере дружбы ~ климат
  economic ~ экономический климат
  climate атмосфера;
  настроение;
  состояние общественного мнения (часто climate of opinion) ;
  international climate международная обстановка;
  in a friendly climate в атмосфере дружбы
  climate атмосфера;
  настроение;
  состояние общественного мнения (часто climate of opinion) ;
  international climate международная обстановка;
  in a friendly climate в атмосфере дружбы
  weak economic ~ неблагоприятное состояние экономики

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  [‘klaɪmɪt]

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  See:

  The climate is influenced by winds and sea currents. — На климат оказывают действие ветра и морские течения.

  
  — mild climate
  — humid climate
  — climate zone
  — climate of perpetual frost
  — climate in the mountains
  — climate of the country
  — influence of the climate on smth, smb
  — influence of the green-house effect on climate
  — change of climate
  — choose a country for its climate
  — get used to the climate
  — stand the climate
  — climate is favourable for smth, for smb
  — climate doesn’t agree with smb

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  climate атмосфера; настроение; состояние общественного мнения (часто climate of opinion); international climate международная обстановка; in a friendly climate в атмосфере дружбы climate климат economic climate экономический климат climate атмосфера; настроение; состояние общественного мнения (часто climate of opinion); international climate международная обстановка; in a friendly climate в атмосфере дружбы climate атмосфера; настроение; состояние общественного мнения (часто climate of opinion); international climate международная обстановка; in a friendly climate в атмосфере дружбы weak economic climate неблагоприятное состояние экономики

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  n

  2) атмосфера, настроение, умонастроение

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  1. n климат

  2. n район, область с определённым режимом погоды

  3. n атмосфера, настроение, умонастроение

  4. v амер. акклиматизировать

  5. v амер. акклиматизироваться

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. characteristic weather (noun) atmospheric conditions; characteristic weather; humidity; meteorological character; meteorological conditions; normal weather conditions; prevailing weather; weather

  2. milieu (noun) ambience; ambient; atmosphere; environment; medium; milieu; mise-en-scene; mood; spirit; surroundings; temper; tenor; tone; world

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  климат
  arid climate аридный [сухой] климат
  continental climate континентальный климат
  oceanic climate океанический климат
  perpetual frost climate постоянно-морозный климат (температура ниже 0° С во время самого тёплого месяца)
  semiarid climate полусухой [полупустынный] климат
  soil climate почвенный климат (влажность и температура почвы)
  temperate climate умеренный климат
  warm climate тёплый климат

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  [‘klaɪmət]
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  3) атмосфера, обстановка, настроение

  climate of opinion, climate of thought — состояние общественного мнения, общественный климат

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  2.

  гл.

  а) акклиматизировать, приспосабливать к новой среде

  б) акклиматизироваться, приспосабливаться к новой среде

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  1. [ʹklaımıt]

  1. климат

  mild [healthy, scorching, dry, humid, wet /damp/] climate — мягкий [здоровый, знойный, сухой, влажный, сырой] климат

  temperate /moderate/ climate — умеренный климат

  2. район, область с определённым режимом погоды

  3. атмосфера, настроение, умонастроение

  2. [ʹklaımıt]

  амер.

  1) акклиматизировать

  2) акклиматизироваться

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Climate is the long-term pattern of weather in an area, typically averaged over a period of 30 years. More rigorously, it is the mean and variability of meteorological variables over a time spanning from months to millions of years.

What is the easy definition of climate?

In short, climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. Some scientists define climate as the average weather for a particular region and time period, usually taken over 30-years. It’s really an average pattern of weather for a particular region.

What is climate with example?

Climate, is the average of weather over time and space. … Climate is the average of that weather. For example, you can expect snow in the Northeast in January or for it to be hot and humid in the Southeast in July. This is climate.

How do you describe climate?

The simplest way to describe climate is to look at average temperature and precipitation over time. Other useful elements for describing climate include the type and the timing of precipitation, amount of sunshine, average wind speeds and directions, number of days above freezing, weather extremes, and local geography.

What best defines climate?

Climate is defined as an area’s long-term weather patterns. The simplest way to describe climate is to look at average temperature and precipitation over time.

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1	0   0 General pattern of weather conditions for a region over a long period time (at least 30 years).

2	0   0 Climate The prevalent or characteristic meteorological conditions of any place or region, and their extremes.

3	0   0 Climate The composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.

4	0   0 Climate Climat

5	0   0 Climate The long-term weather pattern—including temperature, precipitation and hours of sunshine—in a specific region. In contrast, weather is associated with a specific event, such as a hailstorm.

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7	0   0 Climate The accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events over a long period of time. A description of aggregate weather conditions; the sum of all statistical weather information that helps describe a place or region.

8	0   0 Climate all weather conditions for a given location over a period of time. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

9	0   0 Climate The atmospheric conditions for a long period of time, and generally refers to the normal or mean course of the weather. Includes the future expectation of long term weather, in the order of weeks, mon [..]

10	0   0 Climate The average condition of the weather in a garden room or outdoors.

11	0   0 Climate Meteorological conditions that characterize a region

12	0   0 Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and other meteorological elements in a given region over long periods of time.

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0   0 Climate average atmospheric conditions over a long time interval. Energy from the sun drives climate, which sets limits on a biome’s plant life and therefore on the animals that live there. The Koppen-Geiger classification sorts major climates into five types: humid tropical, dry, humid warm, humid cold, and cold polar.

14	0   0 Climate the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter&am [..]

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0   0 Climate Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the «average weather,» or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of time ranging from months to thousands of years. The classical period is 3 decades, as defined by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). [..]

16	0   0 Climate the kind of weather a country usually has. Africa and India have hot climates

17	0   0 Climate aggregate weather conditions of an area over a long period of time which allow for the designation of seasonal patterns and expected future weather.

18	0   0 Climate The prevalent long term weather conditions in a particular area. Climatic elements include precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine, wind velocity, and phenomena such as fog, frost, and hail sto [..]

19	0   0 Climate The long-term prevailing weather in an area that is largely determined by temperature and precipitation. © 2010 by Nature Education Knowledge.

20	0   0 Climate the average condition of the weather in a grow room or outdoors.

21	0   0 Climate A description of the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area. climatology

22	0   0 Climate klimat

23	0   0 Climate The prevailing weather conditions in a particular area.

24	0   0 Climate Average weather of an area, usually averaged over at least 10 years

25	0   0 Climate the accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events over a long period of time. The sum of all statistical weather information that helps describe a place or region.

26	0   0 Climate (n) — the long term weather of an area

27	0   0 Climate The weather conditions that generally prevail in an area over a long period of time. These conditions include, but are not limited to, temperature, rainfall (precipitation) and humidity. Climate is a [..]

28	0   0 Climate The average temperature and rainfall for a particular place over hundreds of years.

29	0   0 Climate The long-term average weather conditions of a region of the world.

30	0   0 Climate The average types of weather, including seasonal variations, experienced by a place over a long period of time. For example, some climates are hot and wet all year (Singapore), some have hot, wet summ [..]

31	0   0 Climate The average weather of a place.

32	0   0 Climate  The long-term average weather of a region including typical weather patterns, the frequency and intensity of storms, cold spells, and heat waves. Climate is not the same as weather.

33	0   0 Climate the typical weather in an area over a long period of time.

34	0   0 Climate Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of tim [..]

35	0   0 Climate (n) the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time(n) the prevailing psychological state

36	0   0 Climate Long-term consequences created by short-term thinkers.

37	0   0 Climate The statistical collective of weather records during a specified period of time. COLD FRONT: The front edge of a cold air mass. It often produces precipitation and, frequently, severe weather. CONDENS [..]

38	0   0 Climate The prevalent long term weather conditions in a particular area. Climatic elements include precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine and wind velocity and phenomena such as fog, frost, and hail s [..]

39	0   0 Climate long term average and variability of weather

40	0   0 Climate (English) Climate is the average weather in a place over many years. While the weather can change in just a few hours, climate can take hundreds, thousands, even millions of years to change.

41	0   0 Climate The average weather for a particular region and time period (usually taken over a 30-year time period). Climate is not the same as weather, but rather, it is the average of weather for a particular re [..]

42	0   0 Climate The weather in a place over a long period of time.

43	0   0 Climate Time Maps Glossary

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0   0 Climate The statistical collection and representation of the weather conditions for a specified area during a specified time interval, usually decades, together with a description of the state of the external system or boundary conditions. The properties that characterize the climate are thermal (temperatures of the surface air, water, land, and ice), kine [..]

45	0   0 Climate Climate is traditionally defined as the description, in terms of the mean and variability over a 30-year reference period, of the relevant atmospheric variables (temperature, precipitation, winds). In [..]

46	0   0 Climate The average weather experienced at a site or region over a period of many years, ranging from months to many thousands of years. The relevant measured quantities are most often surface variables such as temperature, rainfall and wind.

47	0   0 Climate the average weather conditions of a place or region throughout the seasons.

48	0   0 Climate The long-term average conditions of the atmosphere and/or ocean

49	0   0 Climate Long-term (typically 30 years) average weather conditions at a particular location or world region. This incorporates parameters such as: precipitation; temperature; wind speed; atmospheric pressure; and humidity.

50	0   0 Climate the average weather conditions at a particular place over a long period of time. Climate is the long-term predictable state of the atmosphere.

51	0   0 Climate Average meteorological conditions over a specified time period, usually at least a month, resulting from interactions among the atmosphere, oceans, and land surface. Climate variations occur over a wi [..]

52	0   0 Climate The weather conditions of a region, including: temperature, air pressure, humidity, precipitation, sunshine, cloudiness and winds. It is measured throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.

53	0   0 Climate a term synonymous with ethos.

54	0   0 Climate The average or expected weather conditions in a particular region and season over a long period of time.

55	0   0 Climate The historical record of average daily and seasonal weather events. Statistics are generally drawn over several decades. The word is derived from the Greek "klima" meaning inclinatio [..]

56	0   0 Climate The prevailing weather conditions of a region over a year, averaged over several years

57	0   0 Climate The average weather conditions in an area determined over a period of years.

58	0   0 Climate The average pattern of weather variation at a certain location, throughout the year.

59	0   0 Climate is the prevalent long term weather conditions in a particular area. Climatic elements include precipitation, temperature, humidity, sunshine and wind velocity and phenomena such as fog, frost, and hai [..]

60	0   0 Climate The average weather (usually taken over a 30-year time period) for a particular region and time period. Climate is not the same as weather, but rather, it is the average pattern of weather for a parti [..]

61	0   0 Climate The longterm manifestations of Weather. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

62	0   0 Climate A Climate characterized by Cold Temperature for a majority of the Time during the year.

63	0   0 Climate A type of Climate characterized by insufficient moisture to support appreciable Plant Life. It is a Climate of extreme aridity, usually of Extreme Heat, and of negligible rainfall. (From McGraw-Hill D [..]

64	0   0 Climate A Climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high Temperatures with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary o [..]

65	0   0 Climate The pattern of weather in a particular region over a set period of time, usually 30 years. The pattern is affected by the amount of rain or snowfall, average temperatures throughout the year, humidity [..]

66	0   0 Climate A statistical portrait of weather conditions in a specific place over a long period.

67	0   0 Climate general meteorological condition of the atmosphere over the long term, typically months or years; e.g. warm, cold, wet, dry, windy, cloudy, etc.

68	0   0 Climate The generalised weather conditions of a region including such things as temperature, humidity, sunshine, cloudiness, wind speed, rainfall.

69	0   0 Climate A description of the long-term pattern of weather in a particular area.

70	0   0 Climate the typical or expected (average) weather pattern, as opposed to the actual weather

71	0   0 Climate The climate where you live is made up of all the different weather patterns that usually happen there. Once you get to know the average weather conditions of a place for a long period of time, then yo [..]

72	0   0 Climate Determined by the daily weather interactions over many years. Characteristics used in determining climate are temperature, precipitation, humidity, sunshine, and cloudiness, wind, and air pressure. Cl [..]

73	0   0 Climate The prevalent or characteristic meteorological conditions of a place or region, in contrast with weather, the state of the atmosphere at any time. A marine climate is characteristic of coastal areas, [..]

74	0   0 Climate The statistical collective of the weather conditions of a point or area during a specified interval of time (usually several decades); may be expressed in a variety of ways.

75	0   0 Climate Climate preference of the organism. In Phylo, we have categorize this into four terms: cold, cool, warm, hot. An organism may have multiple climate preferences.

76	0   0 Climate The composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.

77	0   0 Climate generalized weather at a given place on earth over a fairly long period; a long term average of weather. Compare weather

78	0   0 Climate The prevailing or average weather conditions of a geographic region.

79	0   0 Climate The atmospheric conditions over a long period of time. Generally refers to the normal or mean course of the weather. Climate includes the future expectation of long-term weather in the order of weeks, months or years in advance.

80	0   0 Climate The historical record and description of average daily and in seasonal weather events that help describe a region. Statistics are generally drawn over several decades. The word is derived from the Gre [..]

81	0   0 Climate The accumulation of daily and seasonal weather events over a long period of time.

82	0   0 Climate The long term (often taken as 30 years) average weather pattern of a region.

83	0   0 Climate The typical weather conditions of any place or region including not only the averages but also the variability and extremes of temperature, precipitation, wind, humidity, and sunshine. Several decades [..]

84	0   0 Climate The historical record and description of average daily and in seasonal weather events that help describe a region. Statistics are generally drawn over several decades. Climatology, or the study of cli [..]

85	0   0 Climate Weather of some locality averaged over some time period plus extremes in weather behavior observed during the same period or during the entire period of record.

86	0   0 Climate The prevalent long term weather

87	0   0 Climate the general variations of weather in a region over long periods of time; the «average weather» cf. weather.

88	0   0 Climate The long-term or integrated manifestation of weather.

89	0   0 Climate The weather of a region.

90	0   0 Climate The historical record and description of average daily and seasonal weather events that help describe a region. Statistics are generally drawn over several decades. The word is derived from the Greek [..]

91	0   0 Climate The prevalent or characteristic meteorological conditions, and their extremes, of any place or region. That is determined by the historical record and description of average daily and in seasonal weat [..]

92	0   0 Climate The historical record and description of average daily and in seasonal weather events that help describe a region. Statistics are generally drawn over several decades. The word is derived from the Gre [..]

93	0   0 Climate The historical record and description of average daily and in seasonal

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0   0 Climate Long-term weather. The World Meteorological Society defines «long» as taking 30 years or longer. «Climate» refers to the long-term average (trend) and also to the size of the variations around the trend (climate variability). Modern views consider not only the long-term state of the atmosph [..]

95	0   0 Climate The composite or generally prevailing weather conditions of a region, throughout the year, averaged over a series of years.

96	0   0 Climate Average weather of an area over a long time, usually 30 years.

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0   0 Climate The historical record and description of average daily and in seasonal weather events that help describe a region. Statistics are generally drawn over several decades. The word is derived from the Greek klima, meaning inclination, and reflects the importance early scholars attributed to the sun’s influence.

98	0   0 Climate The weather conditions prevailing in an area over a long period of time, allowing for the designation of seasonal patters and future weather expectations.

99	0   0 Climate Partnership of international NGOs with a mission to stimulate and promote land management activities that mitigate global climate change, improve the well-being and reduce the poverty of local communi [..]

100	0   0 Climate Climate in a narrow sense is usually defined as the average weather, or more rigorously, as the statistical description in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities over a period of tim [..]

101	0   0 Climate Climate is usually defined as the "average weather", or more rigorously, as the statistical description of the weather in terms of the mean and variability of relevant quantities ove [..]

102	0   0 Climate The prevailing, long-term, meteorological conditions of a place or region, including temperature, precipitation, wind speed, and other factors. Compare with weather.

103	0   0 Climate Climate is the statistics of weather over long periods of time. It is measured by assessing the patterns of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric p [..]

104	0   0 Climate Climate is the statistics of weather over long periods of time. It is measured by assessing the patterns of variation in temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, precipitation, atmospheric p [..]

105	0   0 Climate Climate refers to the weather of a region according to periodic norms. Climate may also refer to: Clime, a notion of dividing the Earth into zones in Classical Antiquity based on their inclination or [..]

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