(a) Factors that affect climate: - latitude; - altitude; - Continentality/distance from the sea, ocean Currents, - planetary winds/pressure belts; - slope and aspect, - industrialization; cloud cover - soil; atural vegetation-insolation.
(b) Characteristics of Equatorial climate: - high temperature all year round-mean monthly temperature of 27°C, small annual range of temperature, - high humidity, relative humidity over 80% - large amount of cloud Over clouds disperse solar insolation, small daily range of temperature of about 5°C, - high annual amount of rainfall greater than 2000mm rain falls throughout the year; more rainfall in Summer; - no marked dry season, double maxima rainfall pattern; rainfall type is usually Convectional; lightning accompanies raintall,-hot and wet always, - zone of trade winds.