Looking Back at Tropical Climates

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1. What are the controlling factors for the precipitation of the tropical rain forest, monsoon, and wet-dry tropical climate?

2. How does the seasonal precipitation in the monsoon climate differ from that of the wet-dry tropical?

3. Which global pressure belt is responsible for the dry conditions experienced in the tropical deserts?

4.How does the tropical steppe differ from the tropical desert climate?

5. Tropical steppes are found on the equatorward and poleward sides of the tropical deserts. How does the seasonality of precipitation differ in these two regions?