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Class #7: Thursday, July 15 Global wind systems. Chapter 10. Wind: Global Systems. Chapter 10. General Circulation of the Atmosphere. General refers to the average air flow, actual winds will vary considerably. Average conditions help identify driving forces. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Class #7: Thursday, July 15Global wind systems
Chapter 10
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Wind: Global Systems
Chapter 10
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General Circulation of the Atmosphere
• General refers to the average air flow, actual winds will vary considerably.
• Average conditions help identify driving forces.• The basic cause of the general circulation is unequal
heating of the Earth’s surface– Warm air is transferred from the Tropics to the Poles– Cool air is transferred from the Poles to the Tropics
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General Circulation of the Atmosphere
• Single Cell Model– Assume
1. uniform water surface2. Sun always directly overhead the Equator3. Earth does not rotateResult: huge thermally direct convection cell (Hadley)
• Three Cell Model– Allow earth to spin = three cells (Hadley, Ferrell, Polar)– Alternating belts of pressure starting with L at Equator– Alternating belts of wind with NE just North of Equator
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General Circulation of the Atmosphere
• Average Surface Wind and Pressure: The Real World– Semi-permanent high and lows– Northern vs. Southern Hemisphere– Major features shift seasonally with the high sun• North in July• South in December
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General Circulation of the Atmosphere
• General Circulation and Precipitation Patterns– Rain where air rises (low pressure)– Less rain where air sinks (high pressure)
• Average Wind Flow and Pressure Patterns Aloft– North-South temperature and pressure gradient at
high altitudes creates West-East winds, particularly at mid to high latitudes.
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Class #7, Thursday, July 15, 2010 17Fig. 1, p. 267
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Class #7, Thursday, July 15, 2010 18Fig. 2, p. 267
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Jet Streams
• 100-200 kt winds at 10-15km, thousands of km long, several 100 km wide and a few km thick (polar and subtropical)
• Observations: Dishpan Experiment– Illustrates waves, with trough and ridge, develops
in a rotating pan with heat on the exterior and cold at the center.
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Jet Streams
• Polar and Subtropical Jet– Established by steep temperature and pressure gradients
between circulation cells.– Between tropical-mid-latitude cell (subtropical) and mid-
latitude-polar cell (polar)– Gradients greatest at polar jet
• Topic: Momentum– Low-latitudes: atmosphere gains momentum– High-latitudes: atmosphere losses momentum– Conservation of Momentum
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Jet Streams
• Other Jet Streams– Tropical easterly jet stream– Low-level jet (nocturnal)– Polar night jet streams
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Atmosphere Ocean Interactions
• Global Winds and Surface Ocean Currents– Ocean surface dragged by wind, basins react to
high pressure circulation forming gyres– Cold current, flowing north to south, on west side
of continent– Warm current, flowing south to north, on east side
of continent– Oceanic front
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Class #7, Thursday, July 15, 2010 27Stepped Art
Fig. 10-14, p. 273
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Atmosphere Ocean Interactions• Upwelling– Ekman spiral, Ekman transport– Water moving away from the coast causes upwelling
• El Nino and the Southern Oscillation– El Nino: irregular warm episode off west coast of South
America– Southern Oscillation: rise in pressure over W Pacific, fall in
the E Pacific, equatorial countercurrent– ENSO– La Nina– teleconnection
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Class #7, Thursday, July 15, 2010 30Fig. 10-16, p. 275
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Class #7, Thursday, July 15, 2010 31Fig. 10-17, p. 275
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Class #7, Thursday, July 15, 2010 32Fig. 10-18, p. 275
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Atmosphere Ocean Interactions
• Pacific Decadal Oscillation– Reversal in Pacific Ocean temperatures – Warm = more Pacific storms– Cool = cool, wet NW North America, wetter over
the Great Lakes, salmon fisheries decline
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Atmosphere Ocean Interactions
• North Atlantic Oscillation – Reversal of pressure in North Atlantic Ocean
affecting weather in Europe and eastern coast of North America
– Positive = strong Westerlies, storms in N Europe, wet and mild in eastern US
– Negative = wet southern Europe and Mediterranean, cold and dry in eastern US
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Atmosphere Ocean Interaction
• Arctic Oscillation– Closely related to NAO– Pressure changes between Arctic and adjacent
southern areas causes changes upper-level winds– Positive = mild winter in US and W Europe– Negative = cold US, cold dry Europe, wet
Mediterranean
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Wind: Global Systems
Chapter 10