Climate controls

            1) Explain how the different climate controls impact your country


With global warming increasing in the past three decades, changes in precipitation and cycles of droughts and floods triggered by the Australasia monsoon. Which also have damaged agricultural production in Indonesia, causing negative consequences for rural incomes. At the same time, rainfall data in most other areas show increasing trends. However, the rainy season has shortened, ending earlier, while the dry season has become longer. As a result, more rainfall is concentrated in fewer days, resulting in increased flooding. Climate change is predicted to have a significant impact on agricultural production in Indonesia, especially food crops. The impact may be direct, for example, there is less agricultural productivity due to increased air temperature and changes in rainfall patterns. Global warming and climate change in tropical regions can reduce corn yields by more than 40 percent and rice yields by 20 percent if temperature increases by 5°C.

       2) Describe the dominant climate of your country/region. You should include temperature and precipitation characteristics.


Indonesia is basically has a topical climate. There are temperature changes from season to season. Cooler temperatures prevail at higher elevations. In general temperatures fall approximately 1 degree per 90-meter increase in elevation starting from sea level.  Around the costal plains the temperature is usually around 28 degrees Celsius. In the inland and mountain areas it’s about 26 degrees Celsius. The higher mountain regions vary around 23 degree Celsius.  In Indonesia there is more perception in the colder months such as December, January and February. There’s less perception around the fall season. The average perception in January and February is 300mm, in March it is 210mm and in May and June it is 100mm. 

3) Include a climograph for a major city in your country/region.