Exam 7: Atmospheric Circulations

The polar jet stream is strongest and moves furthest south in the ____.

Differences in ____________________ create pressure gradients that cause sea and land breezes to blow.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair of selections. ROTORS | WIND SHEAR form beneath mountain wave crests and have violent vertical motions that produce extreme turbulence.

On the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, chinook winds are enhanced when ____.

What time of day would you most likely expect thunderstorms to occur on a mountain?

In the Northern Hemisphere, ocean currents in the Atlantic and the Pacific move in a generally circular pattern. The direction of this motion is ____ in the Atlantic and ____ in the Pacific.

List the scales of atmospheric motion from largest to smallest and give an example of each.

The winter monsoon in eastern and southern Asia is characterized by ____.

Airpockets are areas of ____ that can form in clear air.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair of selections. Do the southeastern and northeastern trade winds CONVERGE or DIVERGE at the equator?

The wind belt observed on the poleward side of the polar front is called the ____.

The heat from a chinook wind is generated mainly by ____.

Which condition most favors the development of dust devils?

While fly fishing in a mountain stream, you notice that the wind is blowing uphill. From this you might deduce that the wind is a ____.

The tropical western Pacific Ocean regions experience ____ during strong ENSO events.

The serious brush fires that occur in southern California in autumn are often driven by ____________________ winds.

Instructions: Choose one answer from each pair of selections. During El Niño events, surface waters are COLDER | WARMER in the tropical eastern Pacific.

Chicago, Illinois (latitude 42°N) is located in the ____.

Briefly describe where each of the following features is found in the earth's general circulation. What meteorological conditions might you find associated with each feature? horse latitudes trade winds ITCZ polar front doldrums

Sea breezes from the east and west coasts of Florida form a sea breeze ____________________ zone that contributes to the state's abundant summertime rainfall.