Course review
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• Climate: atmospheric conditions over long periods (~30 years) • Weather: short-term conditions
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• Group of comparable ecosystems in similar climatic conditions • Influenced by precipitation, temperature, insolation
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• Abiotic factors • Temperature and rainfall patterns determine ecosystem type
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• Freshwater, marine, forest, grassland, desert, tundra • Each has characteristic limiting factors, productivity, diversity
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• Explains atmospheric circulation • Distribution of precipitation and temperature by latitude • Three cells: Hadley, Ferrel, polar
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• Oceans absorb solar radiation • Ocean currents distribute heat globally
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• Changing climates and biome shifts • General trend: poleward and higher altitude movement
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