Biomes and Climate

Climate around the World
Source: climatograph_links7.xlsx
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Acapulco
Tropical and Subtropical Dry
Latitude | 16 ° 50' N
Longitude | 99 ° 56'W
Elevation (meters) | 3 m
Elevation (feet) | 10 ft
Country | Mexico
Biome Type | Tropical and Subtropical Dry
Image Title | DSCF0165.jpg
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Addis Ababa
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Latitude | 09 ˚ 20' N
Longitude | 38 ˚ 45' E
Elevation (meters) | 2450 m
Elevation (feet) | 8038 ft
Country | Ethiopia
Biome Type | Montane Grasslands and Shrublands
Image Title | LL_ICT0680.jpg
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Alice Springs
Desert and Xeric Shrubland
Latitude | 23 ° 48' S
Longitude | 133 ° 53' E
Elevation (meters) | 6.1 m
Elevation (feet) | 20 ft
Country | Australia
Biome Type | Desert and Xeric Shrubland
Image Title | P7040312b.JPG
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Anchorage, AK
Tundra, Boreal Forest
Latitude | 61° 11'N
Longitude | 150° 00'W
Elevation (meters) | 34.7 m
Country | USA
Biome Type | Tundra, Boreal Forest
Image Title | Boreal Forest, YT179.jpg

Asheville, NC
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Latitude | 35˚ 26'N
Longitude | 82˚ 32'W
Elevation (meters) | 652.3 m
Country | USA
Biome Type | Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Image Title | DSC05129.jpg

Athens
Mediterranean Forest
Latitude | 37 ° 58' N
Longitude | 23 ° 43' E
Elevation (meters) | 107 m
Country | Greece
Biome Type | Mediterranean Forest
Image Title | Απο τον προφΗλια (1).jpg

Atlanta, GA
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Latitude | 33˚ 38'N
Longitude | 84˚ 26'W
Country | USA
Biome Type | Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Image Title | IMG_2857 (1).jpg

Austin, TX
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Latitude | 30° 18'N
Longitude | 97˚ 42'W
Biome Type | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Image Title | 72994.jpg

Baltimore, MD
Tidal Marsh, Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Latitude | 39˚ 10'N
Biome Type | Tidal Marsh, Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Image Title | DSC_0357.JPG

Bangkok
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf
Latitude | 13 ° 44' N
Longitude | 100 ° 30' E
Country | Thailand
Biome Type | Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf
Image Title | KaengKra clipped.jpg

Baton Rouge, LA
Wetlands
Biome Type | Wetlands
Image Title | thanksgiving 2007 wetland-2.jpg

Belem
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf
Latitude | 01 ° 27' S
Longitude | 48 ° 29'W
Country | Brazil
Biome Type | Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf
Image Title | Breves Narrows, 20 Apr (39)

Bismark, ND
Grassland
Biome Type | Grassland
Image Title | IMG_0852.JPG

Boston, MA
Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Biome Type | Temperate Broadleaf Forest
Image Title | DSC_7720_02.jpg

Brownsville, TX
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Biome Type | Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Image Title | P1020813

Buffalo, NY
Image Title | Laprk 2

Burlington, VT
Temperate Forest
Biome Type | Temperate Forest
Image Title | IMG_3549

Cairo
Desert and Xeric Shrubland
Latitude | 29 ˚ 52' N
Longitude | 31 ˚ 20' E
Country | Eygpt
Biome Type | Desert and Xeric Shrubland
Image Title | _D038635

Calgary
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Latitude | 51° 06' N
Longitude | 114° 01'W
Country | Canada
Biome Type | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Image Title | DSC01661

Caribou, ME
Latitude | 46° 52'N
Longitude | 68° 02'W
Image Title | As you can tell, I really liked Beaver Pond!

Charleston, SC
Temperate Coniferous Forest
Biome Type | Temperate Coniferous Forest
Image Title | IMG_0002

Christchurch
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Latitude | 43 ° 29' S
Country | New Zealand
Biome Type | Temperate Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Image Title | P3292116

Dakar
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Latitude | 14 ˚ 42' N
Longitude | 17˚ 29' W
Country | Senegal
Biome Type | Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Image Title | the path on the island

Darwin
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Latitude | 15˚ 25' S
Longitude | 130˚ 52' E
Country | Australia
Biome Type | Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrubland
Image Title | Gregory N.P. 3

Denver, CO
Temperate Coniferous Forest
Biome Type | Temperate Coniferous Forest
Image Title | IMG_0214

Des Moines, IA
Image Title | DSC_0333

Fairbanks, AK
Boreal Forest
Biome Type | Boreal Forest
Image Title | DSCN0130_edit

Fresno, CA
Oak savanna
Elevation (feet) | 333 Ft
Biome Type | Oak savanna
Image Title | 100_0721

Green Bay, WI
Image Title | 2010 DC Road Trip (71)

Hilo, HI
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf
Biome Type | Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf

Jackson, MS
Image Title | 100_0908

Lubbock, TX
Image Title | 1800's Texas House in Lubbock Area.jpg
Climate Graph Link | /www.drought.unl.edu/archive/climographs/LubbockMetric.htm

Miami, FL

Moscow, ID
Temperate Coniferous Forest
Biome Type | Temperate Coniferous Forest
Image Title | P1030024

Omsk
Latitude | 54˚ 58' N
Longitude | 73˚ 20' E
Country | Russia
Image Title | Baikal Babushkin (12)

Phoenix, AZ
Desert and Xeric Shrubland
Biome Type | Desert and Xeric Shrubland
Image Title | JEN_3470

Portland, OR
Image Title | Gales Creek, Tillamook State Forest, Oregon

Reykjavik
Tundra
Longitude | 21 ˚ 56' W
Country | Iceland
Biome Type | Tundra

Salt Lake City, UT
Desert Wetlands
Biome Type | Desert Wetlands

San Diego, CA
Mediterranean, Woodlands and Shrubland
Biome Type | Mediterranean, Woodlands and Shrubland
Image Title | _DSC8010

Santiago
Mediterranean, Woodlands and Shrubland
Latitude | 33˚ 27' S
Country | Chile
Biome Type | Mediterranean, Woodlands and Shrubland

Saskatoon
Latitude | 52˚ 08' N
Country | Canada
Image Title | Batoche 043

Vancouver, BC
Longitude | 123 ˚ 05'W
Country | Canada
Image Title | 025000-fs-whstlr-cheakamus

Avg Temp Day July.KMZ

NEO Average Land Surface Temperature [Day] (1 month) Jul 1, 2001 00:00-Jul 31, 2010 23:59

NASA Earth Observations

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Avg Temp Day January.KMZ

NEO Average Land Surface Temperature [Day] (1 month) Jan 1, 2001 00:00-Jan 31, 2010 23:59

Temperature Observations, 1901-1990
This Google Earth layer depicts Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) temperature observations for 30-year observational climatologies, for the time period 1901-1990.
Source: IPCC Data Distribution Centre, 2007
URL: http://www.ipcc-data.org/
The data shown here hass been a down-sampled for graphics performance. The scaled colors do not precisely represent the analysis output, but are meant for high-level visualization only.
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Average Temperature, 1901-1930

Source: IPCC Data Dist

Average Temperature, 1931-1960

Average Temperature, 1961-1990

Hide all temperature observations 1901-1990 data

Terrestrial Biomes (Olson et al. 2001)
Citation: Olson, D. M., E. Dinerstein, E. D. Wikramanayake, N. D. Burgess, G. V. N. Powell, E. C. Underwood, J. A. D'Amico, I. Itoua, H. E. Strand, J. C. Morrison, C. J. Loucks, T. F. Allnutt, T. H. Ricketts, Y. Kura, J. F. Lamoreux, W. W. Wettengel, P. Hedao, and K. R. Kassem. 2001. Terrestrial ecoregions of the world: a new map of life on Earth. BioScience 51:933-938.
Modified by: Ellis et al. (2010)

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