Why do Cfa (humid subtropical) climates along the east coast receive rain all year, but at the same latitude along the west coast, the Cs climates have dry summers?
The following questions are based on the diagram of the Köppen climate distribution on a hypothetical continent (Figure 23-2). It may also be helpful to compare the hypothetical continent with the map of actual climate distribution color Map T-29 in the back of the Lab Manual and Figure 23-3 showing the influence of the seasonal shifts of the ITCZ and subtropical highs along the west coasts of continents. In answering the questions, consider both the characteristics of a climate and the dominant controls producing that climate.
No cool current or subtropical high influence to produce dry summers; warm ocean
current; influence of tropical cyclones in summer.
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