Tiffany Kim's List: Galapagos_BiomeProject

• daytime temperatures in the lowlands typically reach 30ÿfd C (85ÿfd F) or higher.
• reason for the Galapagos' dry and moderate climate
• Polar current.
• ocean upwelling.
• Ekman Transport.
• 45ÿfd angle to the wind direction
• deep water to rise to the surface
• t

  wo seasons in the Galapagos.
• dry, or garua, season
• During much of the year, the ocean cools the lower part of atmosphere, creating a temperature inversion at around 300 to 700 meters (1000 to 2000 feet) elevation.
• trade winds slacken
• shifts south
• When an El Niÿfdo occurs, the entire equatorial and atmospheric circulation pattern reverses
• high pressure system in the eastern Pacific is replaced with a low pressure one
• Terrestrial life flourished;
• catastrophy for marine life.

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• climate is
• largely determined by the ocean currents

• extreme El Niño event