Climate of Papua New Guinea |
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Meteorological Controls on Climate and Weather | 11 |
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Local Controls and Surface Winds | 39 |
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altitude anabatic wind areas broad-scale cent central highlands Class A pan classification climatic type cloud cover coastal components cycle cyclones DIRECTION DEG diurnal drier dry season equatorial trough FINSCHHAFEN Garaina Goroka Hadley cell hemisphere indicate islands ITCZ January JFMAMJ JUL AUG SEP July KAVIENG Kikori km/h land latitude locations Lower montane lowland Madang maximum temperature McAlpine mean monthly mean wind Melanesia meteorological Momote monsoon monsoon shear line montane mountain Mt Hagen north-west season occur Pacific pan evaporation Papua New Guinea patterns perhumid physiography Port Moresby Premontane pressure Rabaul radiation range recorded regimes region relative humidity relative humidity index runoff sea breeze season rainfall maxima seasonal variation shown in Fig soil moisture south-east season rainfall southern SPEED KNOTS standard period subhumid subtropical sunshine surface wind trade wind tropical troposphere valley Vanimo Walker circulation water balance water surplus westerlies WEWAK wind speed zone