5. wind system is one that
changes direction seasonally,
blowing from one direction in
summer and from the opposite
direction in winter
6. Summer where is the pressure higher
between land and ocean?
Warm surface air rising low surface pressure
Wind
Cool surface air sinking high surface pressure
7. monsoon wind system is one that changes direction
seasonally, blowing from one direction in summer and
from the opposite direction in winter
Stepped Art
9. -Upslope/valley breeze forms as solar radiation heats the
slope of mountain
Q: What would happen for the
air adjacent to the slope from
the heating?
SW
750 mb
H
L
800 mb
850 mb
850 mb
900 mb
900 mb
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Stepped Art
11. Katabatic winds decent down a mountain slope
Q: What would happen ? conditions for katabatic winds ?
be optimal
LW
750 mb
750 mb
800 mb
800 mb
850 mb
850 mb
900 mb
900 mb
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12. Katabatic winds decent down a mountain slope
Optimal conditions
o snow-covered elevated plateau
o generates a horizontal pressure gradient
H
PGF
LW
L
750 mb
800 mb
850 mb
900 mb
12
22. hot and dry winds that often sweep through the LA Basin in the fall and winter
winds descend from hot desert
terrain down to the L.A. Basin
parcel becomes warmer and drier
because of compression heating
need a strong high
over southwestern U.S.
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Stepped Art
24. Single-cell model of General Circulation
If you assume
earth is uniformly covered by water
sun is directly over equator
no rotation
you will end up with a single cell pattern
called the Hadley Cell
warm air rises at the equator, cold air
sinks in the poles
Q: This single cell has never observed, what
important processes have we neglected?
25. Three-cell model of General Circulation
Hadley cell (0-30o); Ferrel cell (30-60o); and Polar cell (60-90o)
Q: How can we draw the
basic characteristics of
the general circulations?
26. 1.
3. draw wind directions by
taking into account CF
draw five belts at 0, 30, and 60 degree and
mark L and H on each of them
NH, deflection to right
SH, deflection to left
2. draw PGF from H to L
Polar H
60o
30o
L
H
Subpolar low L
Subtropical high
60o
H
30o
PGF
L Intertropical convergence zone L
0o
PGF
0o
30o
H
60o
Subtropical high
L Subpolar low L
Polar H
H
30o