Köppen's classification identifies six C climates and eight D climates: Humid subtropical climate (Cfa, Cwa) Mediterranean climate (Csa, Csb) Marine west coast climate (Cfb, Cfc) Humid continental climate (Dfa, Dfb, Dwa, Dwb) Continental subarctic climate (Dfc, Dfd, Dwc, Dwd) Köppen's type E climates are controlled by the polar and arctic air masses of high latitudes (60° N and S and higher).
The views of the speaker in this instance, Carolyn Merritt of America's Chemical Safety Board (CSB), carry particular weight for BP, a big British oil firm.
The CSB has no punitive powers it is simply charged with figuring out what went wrong, and how the accident might have been avoided.
She is supervising a federal investigation into a fire at a BP refinery in Texas last year which killed 15 people and injured 180.The CSB, which will release its final report on the accident next year, argues that the overflowing tank that caused the fire was too small, had leaked in the past, and should have been replaced, but was not, due to penny-pinching.
Later this month, a panel chaired by James Baker, a former secretary of state, will issue a report on BP's general safety culture, fulfilling one of the CSB's earlier recommendations.In other words, there is no end in sight for BP.
As soon as they were sitting down, the porridge – a special formula called corn-soya blend, or CSB, fortified with minerals and sweetened with sugar – disappeared in seconds.
Last October, CSB launched a satellite school in Southwark, south London, which provides free weekly ballet classes to more than 100 children aged seven to 11.
CSB was once known as CBS but that's another story.
