Today we as a class climographs of locations all over the world. Then we got a city assigned with a pair and one city was inland and one was coastal. Then we used a computer to research and gather data to draw a climograph of Oklahoma City, OK focusing on rainfall in inches and the average temperature in degrees Fahrenheit. The climograph of Oklahoma City, OK is on the right.
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My Summary: |
This lab made me realize the ocean roles in affecting climate. They deliver heat and take away heat from the stream from the ocean. I got to know how there were differences in particular from the inland and coastal cities in general. More of my summary is elaborated in the conclusion and the analysis questions.
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Analysis Questions:
1. My climograph of Oklahoma City, OK looks like a mountain and is in Northern hemisphere.
2. There was not a rainy season; (monsoon) the highest rainfall was 5.8 inches. Therefore, Oklahoma City, OK has a dry season.
3. Oklahoma City, OK's total annual rainfall in inches is 33.5 inches.
4. Oklahoma City, OK's average rainfall in degrees (Fahrenheit) is 59.9 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Compared to Bangkok, Thailand which is a coastal city, Bangkok had much more rain than Oklahoma City, being an inland city. The inland city had more of a dry season compared to the coastal city which had a rainy season with monsoons.
6. In our group of three, compared from Bangkok, Thailand being a coastal city, and Fairbanks, Alaska being an inland city, there was a more variety (meaning more peaks and change from one month to another) in the average temperature per month.
7. The difference of the hottest and coldest month of Oklahoma City, OK was 46.1 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. Bangkok, Thailand (coastal city) average monthly temperature was 82.6 degrees Fahrenheit. The average monthly temperature of Oklahoma City, OK (inland city) was 59.9 degrees Fahrenheit. The difference of the inland and coastal city average monthly temperature was 22.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. Ocean currents can bring warm water which can also warm the air making the average temperature more mild and vice-versa to cold currents.
2. There was not a rainy season; (monsoon) the highest rainfall was 5.8 inches. Therefore, Oklahoma City, OK has a dry season.
3. Oklahoma City, OK's total annual rainfall in inches is 33.5 inches.
4. Oklahoma City, OK's average rainfall in degrees (Fahrenheit) is 59.9 degrees Fahrenheit.
5. Compared to Bangkok, Thailand which is a coastal city, Bangkok had much more rain than Oklahoma City, being an inland city. The inland city had more of a dry season compared to the coastal city which had a rainy season with monsoons.
6. In our group of three, compared from Bangkok, Thailand being a coastal city, and Fairbanks, Alaska being an inland city, there was a more variety (meaning more peaks and change from one month to another) in the average temperature per month.
7. The difference of the hottest and coldest month of Oklahoma City, OK was 46.1 degrees Fahrenheit.
8. Bangkok, Thailand (coastal city) average monthly temperature was 82.6 degrees Fahrenheit. The average monthly temperature of Oklahoma City, OK (inland city) was 59.9 degrees Fahrenheit. The difference of the inland and coastal city average monthly temperature was 22.7 degrees Fahrenheit.
9. Ocean currents can bring warm water which can also warm the air making the average temperature more mild and vice-versa to cold currents.
MY conclusion:
The objective was to understand how important oceans was in weather and climate. After the lab I learned that the ocean was an important factor for weather and climate. The world’s ocean is crucial for heating the Earth. Some areas of land and also the atmosphere absorbs some sunlight everyday. The majority of the Sun's UV rays and radiation then get absorbed into the ocean. Therefore, in tropical waters around the equator, the ocean then acts as a "heat retaining solar panel." Warm ocean waters provide the energy to fuel storm systems that provides fresh water which is also important to other uses. Understanding and predicting precipitation is critical to farmers who decide which crops to plant, and how deep, based in part on soil moisture levels. Crop and food prices may increase when weather that is too wet or too dry adversely affects crops.