Climate elements and factors

Climate elements and factors are a set of characteristics that define the weather. The factors are what actually define what frequent phenomena will occur in the geographical area.

Climate affects large areas of the earth's surface, thus we speak of climates such as tropical, subtropical, continental, etc. Each type of climate has the characteristic of creating landscapes and own ecosystems such as jungle, savannah, steppe and many others.

Madrid and New York are at the same latitude and have very different climates.

Most of the factors that define climate are abiotic, that is, they do not depend on elements related to living beings. There is really no one factor that is more decisive than another, as for example Madrid and New York are at the same latitude and have completely different climates.

As well as latitude, orography, proximity to the sea and altitude are also extremely influential. It is the proximity to the sea and the water currents that make New York's climate completely different.

The altitude, the shape of the mountains and the impact of the sun have a very strong effect on the climate.

The orography, for example, affects the macroclimatic level and at the macroclimatic level. microclimatic. When we talk about very strong differences in altitude we can say that every 160 metres of altitude the temperature drops by one degree. But we have all experienced in the same field slightly different climatic conditions, what we call "altitude differences". microclimate.

The result of the differences in the factors is the elementsprecipitation, atmospheric pressure, insolation, humidity .... The elements can be volatile, very changeable and very different in very close areas. This difference in the elements at a particular time is what we call "atmospheric weather". Because of these differences it is always advisable to have a weather station in the field. Public weather stations are often far away and a couple of kilometres are enough for the weather to be very different.

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