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Descriptor English: Tropical Climate
Descriptor Spanish: Clima Tropical
Descriptor clima tropica
Scope note: Clima característico de las regiones ecuatoriales y tropicales, es decir, con temperaturas elevadas continuas y precipitaciones abundantes, al menos durante un parte del año. (Traducción libre del original: McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Clima Tropical
Descriptor French: Climat tropical
Entry term(s): Climate, Tropical
Climates, Tropical
Tropical Climates
Tree number(s): G16.500.275.071.600
N06.230.300.100.250.600
SP4.606.377.166.112.650
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014329
Scope note: A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high temperatures with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Annotation: specify geog if pertinent
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
DeCS ID: 14732
Unique ID: D014329
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/08
Tropical Climate - Preferred
Concept UI M0022034
Scope note A climate which is typical of equatorial and tropical regions, i.e., one with continually high temperatures with considerable precipitation, at least during part of the year. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)
Preferred term Tropical Climate
Entry term(s) Climate, Tropical
Climates, Tropical
Tropical Climates



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