Exam 5: Atmospheric Pressure and Wind

Mountain slopes generally heat faster than valley floors.

________ and ________ both occur at night.

A ________ is a seasonal reversal of wind.

Cold winds pouring downhill because of gravity are called ________.

Most of the broad-scale air-movements that comprise the general circulation are ________.

When surface cold air pushes far equatorward and warm air pushes far poleward ________.

Rossby waves are

The Coriolis effect tends to keep the wind from flowing down the pressure gradient.

Localized wind systems like sea breezes and chinooks can sometimes be much faster than general circulation flows like the westerlies and polar easterlies.

At sea level, the atmosphere exerts a force closest to ________ kilograms per square centimeter.

In the Northern Hemisphere, ________ is the direction of the trade winds.

A barometer measures pressure.

Diverging air flowing off the Polar High in the Northern Hemisphere follows a counterclockwise direction.

Draw and label a set of surface isobars and then illustrate, with a series of arrows, the directions in which pressure gradient force, friction and Coriolis effect would act given that pattern. Finally, draw and label an arrow showing the resulting wind direction.

Which of the following is NOT closely related to ENSO?

A(n) ________ is a linear zone of lower pressure between two areas of high pressure.

Wind speed may be roughly indicated by ________.

The polar front jet stream can be found

The intertropical convergence zone may be found as far as ________ north of the Equator in July.

Which of the following is associated with the wind moving directly from high pressure to low pressure?