A framework for understanding climate regions
Kittel T. 2008. A framework for understanding climate regions
This report presents a framework for understanding regional climates. The primary goal is to help network ecologists become familiar with regional climate dynamics which influence local ecological dynamics. Secondly, this report serves as a guide for creating a series of regional climate overview reports. These reports are to provide a global-to-landscape perspective on regional climates of the United States and territories. For this framework, I first lay out a conceptual basis for talking about regional climates and propose climate regions for use by the I&M network (§2.0). The framework follows, as a guide to considering the spatial and temporal characteristics of a region (§3.0-4.0). The concluding section (§5.0) summarizes key points. This report is complimentary to Kittel's (2009) report on climate data analysis.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Kittel, Timothy
- Date of Issue
- 2008
- Units
- IMD
- Keywords
- Analysis, Atmospheric circulation, Climate, climate report, El Nino, ENSO, pdo, regional climate, teleconnection