Exam 5: Winds and the Global Circulation System

A sea breeze flows __________.

Wind can be describes as the horizontal movement of air near the surface from ____________ to ____________.

The Hadley Cell is rising air over the equatorial trough and sinking air over the subtropical high pressure belt producing trade winds returning to the equatorial trough.

Wind circulation around a low pressure cell is:

If the geostrophic wind is blowing into to your back and an area of low pressure is to your right then:

Describe and explain the impact of the Coriolis force upon the path of objects or parcels of air in the atmosphere

Describe and explain the factors leading to the Asian monsoon seasons.

Using the map of ocean currents (Fig.5.29)review the effects of ocean currents on local climates.

Using a weather map that includes isobars (perhaps from a newspaper or from the Internet),explain the wind flows that you think would prevail

Using annotated diagrams,explain the passage of a parcel of air in a center of low pressure and a center of high pressure

Local terrain can be responsible for the influence of "local winds".

In an anticyclone,a __________-pressure cell,air __________.

In high pressure centers,air spirals downward and inward.

When looking at a weather map of isobars,where would you find the highest wind speed:

Describe the changes in temperature,pressure and other atmospheric variables as you ascend through the atmosphere.

Trade winds:

The apparent deflection of the Coriolis force is to the left in the Northern hemisphere and to the right in the Southern hemisphere.

The cause of the westerly flow of winds is the Rossby Wave.

In the Southern hemisphere,a counter-clockwise rotating and descending air mass would be called:

Upwelling is:__________________