Exam 5: Global Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

The surface wind system known as the westerlies is labeled:

Which of the following does not influence upper air circulation?

Jet streams are narrow bands of high speed air flow in the upper atmosphere.

Rossby waves form along the:

In a cyclone located in the northern hemisphere winds:

Describe and explain a Hadley cell.

During an El Niño event, upwelling along the Peruvian coast is strengthened and cool water is carried far westward in an equatorial plume.

________ is produced by the weight of a column of air above a unit area of the Earth's surface.

In a geostrophic wind, air flows:

Monsoons are created by westerly air flows in the mid-latitudes.

A strong pressure gradient is indicated on a map by:

The intertropical convergence zone is a zone of convergence of air masses along the equatorial trough.

The Coriolis effect deflects winds to the ______ in the northern hemisphere.

The weight force exerted by a column of air on a surface is called:

The Hadley cell circulations cause ______ along the ITCZ:

The wind system driven by the pressure patterns shown here is called:

Atmospheric pressure is produced by the weight of a column of air above a unit area of the earth's surface.

The direction of the pressure gradient on this figure is labeled:

In the oceans, warm currents tend to flow towards the ________.

The _______ is a device that measures atmospheric pressure.