Section 3.4. The tropical climate
Learning goals:
1. Locate the tropic and subtropics
2. Describe the two types of tropical climate
3. Explain how the sun causes the wet and dry seasons in the savannah climate
4. Describe convectional rainfall
5. Describe frontal, orographic and convectional rainfall
6. Describe the wind system between the subtropics and the tropics
7. Describe and explain the monsoon in India
The area between the Tropic of Cancer (23.4 N) and Tropic of Capricorn (23.4 S) is called the tropics. Area north and south of the tropics are subtropics.