Exam 8: Atmospheric Circulation and Pressure Distributions

Strengthening trade winds across the equatorial Pacific Ocean set the stage for ________ and weaker trade winds encourage the development of ________.

What happens to the position and strength of the oceanic semi-permanent high pressure centers in the Northern Hemisphere,from January to July?

In the Northern Hemisphere,cold air outbreaks in the winter are commonly related to the movement of the

Describe the role of the Santa Ana in contributing to California wildfires.

This ocean current moderates winters in northern Europe and Scandinavia.

An isolated thunderstorm is classified in this scale of atmospheric motion.

The three-cell model of atmospheric circulation:

According to the Hadley cell model,

The polar easterlies are a result of air moving from the ________ to the ________.

The Mistral is:

A valley breeze:

The four scales of atmospheric motion from largest to smallest are:

The Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)

El Niño seems to entail all of the following,except:

The Hadley cell is an example of a

Describe the formation of sea and land breezes,and valley and mountain breezes.

Name the order of currents that would take a molecule of water from off the coast of equatorial Africa along the coast of North America and then back to its starting point.

Sea breezes:

Jet streams:

The United States does not have significant monsoonal activity primarily because: