The Coriolis Effect Defined: What in the World is it?
1.) Warm Air Rises and Cold Air Falls- Why? Because cold air is more dense than warm air.
2.) What is the general pattern of wind currents on the globe? It depends where you are in the world because the wind direction changes.
3.) What is a convection current? It's when the plates float on top of the mantle.
4.) Global circulation is driven by which two processes?
Notes:
Density: Density affects the coriolis effect because density determines whether things float or sink.
Pressure: Pressure affects the coriolis effect because without pressure storms wont be able to form.
Define and explain:
Hadley Cells: The low-latitude overturning circulations that have air rising at the equator and air sinking at roughly 30° latitude.
Ferrel Cells: the average motion of air in the mid-latitudes.
Polar Cells: part of a three-cell movement involving Hadley cells and Ferrel cells which show atmospheric circulation and surface winds.
Horse Latitudes: a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies.
Doldrums: a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression.
1.) Warm Air Rises and Cold Air Falls- Why? Because cold air is more dense than warm air.
2.) What is the general pattern of wind currents on the globe? It depends where you are in the world because the wind direction changes.
3.) What is a convection current? It's when the plates float on top of the mantle.
4.) Global circulation is driven by which two processes?
Notes:
Density: Density affects the coriolis effect because density determines whether things float or sink.
Pressure: Pressure affects the coriolis effect because without pressure storms wont be able to form.
Define and explain:
Hadley Cells: The low-latitude overturning circulations that have air rising at the equator and air sinking at roughly 30° latitude.
Ferrel Cells: the average motion of air in the mid-latitudes.
Polar Cells: part of a three-cell movement involving Hadley cells and Ferrel cells which show atmospheric circulation and surface winds.
Horse Latitudes: a belt of calm air and sea occurring in both the northern and southern hemispheres between the trade winds and the westerlies.
Doldrums: a state or period of inactivity, stagnation, or depression.