Climate of Central America and the Caribbean, Climate of
Central America and the Caribbean span the deep tropics and subtropics. Because of the tropical maritime location temperature changes throughout the region are generally small, and rainfall is by far the most important meteorological element. In general the climate of the region is controlled by the...
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ftunivcostarica:oai:https://www.kerwa.ucr.ac.cr:10669/89823 2023-08-27T04:10:47+02:00 Climate of Central America and the Caribbean, Climate of Taylor, Michael Alfaro Martínez, Eric J. 2005 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10669/89823 https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_37 https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_37 eng eng https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_37 978-1-4020-3264-6 978-1-4020-3266-0 https://hdl.handle.net/10669/89823 doi:10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_37 Encyclopedia of World Climatology (pp.183-189). Dordrecht, Países Bajos: Springer CENTRAL AMERICA CARIBBEAN CLIMATE capítulo de libro 2005 ftunivcostarica https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3266-8_37 2023-08-09T23:38:02Z Central America and the Caribbean span the deep tropics and subtropics. Because of the tropical maritime location temperature changes throughout the region are generally small, and rainfall is by far the most important meteorological element. In general the climate of the region is controlled by the migration of synoptic features, and the mean climate strongly reflects the annual cycle of these features. The most dominant synoptic influence is the subtropical high of the north Atlantic. Subsidence associated with the spreading of the subtropical high from the north Atlantic to the north American landmass dominates during boreal winter, as do the strong easterly trades found on its equatorward flank. Coupled with a strong trade inversion, a cold ocean and reduced atmospheric humidity, the region is generally at its driest during the winter. With the onset of boreal spring, however, the subtropical high moves offshore and trade wind intensity decreases, with convergence characterizing. UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigaciones Geofísicas (CIGEFI) Book Part North Atlantic Universidad de Costa Rica: Repositorio Kérwá 183 189 |
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Central America and the Caribbean span the deep tropics and subtropics. Because of the tropical maritime location temperature changes throughout the region are generally small, and rainfall is by far the most important meteorological element. In general the climate of the region is controlled by the migration of synoptic features, and the mean climate strongly reflects the annual cycle of these features. The most dominant synoptic influence is the subtropical high of the north Atlantic. Subsidence associated with the spreading of the subtropical high from the north Atlantic to the north American landmass dominates during boreal winter, as do the strong easterly trades found on its equatorward flank. Coupled with a strong trade inversion, a cold ocean and reduced atmospheric humidity, the region is generally at its driest during the winter. With the onset of boreal spring, however, the subtropical high moves offshore and trade wind intensity decreases, with convergence characterizing. UCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigaciones Geofísicas (CIGEFI) |
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