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CLIMATE
Climate
is a long-term regime of atmospheric conditions, typical for a specified
area. Climate is formed as a result of processes running in the atmosphere
and fluctuates over time. The knowledge of climate is based on statistical
analysis of the long-term observations of meteorological elements: atmospheric
pressure, wind speed and direction, heat budget of the earth's surface,
air temperature and humidity, cloudiness, and atmospheric precipitation.
In this case, not only mean values of these elements are determined, but
also their annual and diurnal course, extremes, and deviations from average
quantities. Occurrence of certain weather phenomena, as well as the average
and extreme terms of their appearance, are also noted. Complex indices,
such as humidification, continentality, and others, are also used.
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