Gary Ayton's camping and photography wiki climate

beaches, waves and currents

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:08:40 +0000

beaches, waves and currents see also: * tides * physics of waves * wind * how to reduce your chance of drowning on your camping trip * National Tidal Centre tide charts * Coastal watch surf cams * swell charts on WaveCam website Water currents: * water flows from areas of high energy to lower energy, this is a combination of gravitational, potential or kinetic energy

climate - atmosphere and temperature

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 22:41:31 +0000

climate - atmosphere and temperature * * * see also: * electromagnetic radiation * work, energy & power * Climate - Introduction 2 - water & rain * Climate - Introduction 3 - air & wind * Climate - Introduction 4 - Climates The atmosphere * there is negligible atmosphere beyond 32,000km because the centrifugal forces of earth's spinning exceeds its gravitational forces at this distance

climate - water and rain

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 23:12:22 +0000

climate - water and rain * see also: * work, energy & power * Climate - Introduction 1 - atmosphere and temperature * Climate - Introduction 3 - air & wind * Climate - Introduction 4 - Climates Water on earth: * water vapour in atmosphere = 20 million, million tonnes * water in lakes, river & underground = 200 million, million tonnes * water in icecaps = 20,000 million, million tonnes

climate: air and wind

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:09:20 +0000

climate: air and wind see also: * Climate - Introduction 1 - atmosphere and temperature * Climate - Introduction 2 - water and rain * Climate - Introduction 4 - Climates * beaches and sea waves * thunderstorms and hail * wind speed and wind force Global air circulation & pressure systems: * as a result of the rotation of earth on its axis, the resultant Coriolis effect, ocean gyres & temperature variations with latitude, global air circulation tends to form a pattern of pr…

climates

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:57:05 +0000

climates * see also: * Climate - Introduction 1 - atmosphere & temperature * Climate - Introduction 2 - water & rain * Climate - Introduction 3 - air & wind * Climate - Australia * climate change classification of climatic regions * by latitude: * equatorial * tropical * sub-tropical * temperate * sub-polar * polar * by temperature-rainfall: * a region can be graphed on a kind of climograph called a thermohyet which has mean monthly temperat…

the Australian climate

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:10:28 +0000

the Australian climate see also: * Climate - Introduction 1 - atmosphere & temperature * Climate - Introduction 2 - water & rain * Climate - Introduction 3 - air & wind * Climate - Introduction 4 - Climates * Climate - Melbourne * Australian climate - mean annual data for various cities * major weather events in Australia * online resources: * the El Nino phenomenon - Bureau Meteorology Australia * Strategy for dealing with coastal acid sulphate soils in Australi…

mean Australian annual climate data

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:37:09 +0000

mean Australian annual climate data see also: * Climate - Australia * Climate - Melbourne * Climate - Victoria 2003 * Climate - Introduction 1 - atmosphere & temperature the following data are mean data for the whole year derived from the BOM Western and central Victoria: RegionElevationMin TMax TDays >35degCDays < 2degCRainfall mmRain daysClear days

climate change

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 03:37:16 +0000

climate change * see also: * Climate - Introduction 1 - atmosphere & temperature * Climate - Introduction 2 - water & rain * Climate - Introduction 3 - air & wind * Climate - Australia Introduction Greenhouse gases and global warming the facts * the earth is heated by the sun which generally provides 340W/sq.m, of which around 29% is reflected back into space and the rest is absorbed by the atmosphere or earth which becomes warmer and radiates some of this back into space as…

Melbourne's climate

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:12:53 +0000

Melbourne's climate see also: * Climate - Introduction 1 - atmosphere & temperature * Climate - Introduction 2 - water & rain * Climate - Introduction 3 - air & wind * Climate - Introduction 4 - Climates * Climate - Australia * Melbourne weather * Melbourne * major weather events in Australia * Melbourne weather records - heat waves, floods, tsunamis and other extreme events Understanding Melbourne's weather: * see also: comparison of Australian capital cities * …

earthquakes

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:59:34 +0000

earthquakes see also: * recent earthquakes in Australia Introduction * earthquakes occur when build up of stresses finally result in rigid rocks on either side of a tectonic fault suddenly fracturing and sliding due to forces caused by either:

tides

anonymous@undisclosed.example.com (Anonymous) — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:52:51 +0000

tides see also: * helpful travel links and information - Australia * beaches, waves and currents * National Tidal Centre tide charts * Australian tide times * Coastal watch surf cams * swell charts on WaveCam website * tidal calculator software: * TideComp - NZ-based company $US80 or $US10 for lite version causes of the tides: * although tides were known to the ancients and the Roman scholar Seneca linked them with the moon, an understanding of them did not come un…