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GEU 0027: MeteorologyLecture 10
Wind: Global Systems
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Global Circulation• In the absence of rotation, air would tend to flow from the equator toward the poles.
Hot, less dense air
rising at the equator,
becomes denser as
it cools and descends
at the poles, traveling
back to tropical areas
to heat up again.
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• Because of earth’s rotation we have several circulation cells not just one per hemisphere
Global Circulation
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• With the 3 cell structure of wind circulation and the combination of PGF and Coriolis, semi-permanent circulation patterns are established.
Three-cell Model
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Semi-permanent structures in the atmosphere provide consistent wind patterns and breeding grounds for air masses.
Semi-permanent Pressure and Winds
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Semi-Permanent Pressure (January)
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500-mb streamline and isotherms in January
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Stronger Winter PGF
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Semi-Permanent Pressure (July)
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500-mb streamline and isotherms in July
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Weaker Summer PGF
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• ITCZ
• Hot equatorial air rises in convection.
• Air moves away from the equator toward the poles.
• Low Pressure results around the equator.
• A band of convective thunderstorms circles the tropical areas of the globe.
Intertropical Convergence Zone
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• Equatorial Cumulus and Thunderstorms
ITCZ
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India Monsoon Precipitation
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Monsoons (dry)
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Monsoons (wet)
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Subtropical High and the ITCZ (Sahara)
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Sahara Desert and the Sahel of Africa
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Jet Locations
Jet stream locations
greatly affect
local and global
climate.
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Jet FormationSharply varying pressure and
temperature differences create the
exaggerated situation shown.
Tightly packed isobars create stronger
winds aloft in the frontal region.
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Polar JetWinds are Westerly
and parallel to the
frontal boundary.
This creates the
polar jet stream.
It is strongest in the
winter and weakest
in the summer.
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Seasonal Polar Jet Changes• Location and Velocity variations
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What cause the jets?
•L = m v r – r = distance from
rotational axis
– m = mass
– v = velocity
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Fig. 4, p. 270
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• Higher Angular Momentum, Yields more zones?
Jupiter’s Bands
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Wind Jets• Other jet formation mechanisms are less well known.
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The Dishpan Experiment
• Uneven heating of the equator and poles of the earth.• Rotation.• Viscosity and turbulence.
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Rossby WavesKinking in the jet
stream occurs on
a cyclic basis.
Weather patterns
are also somewhat
cyclic.
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Rossby CycleA complete
Rossby cycle
observed over
~ 6 weeks.
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Ocean Currents
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Gulf Stream
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Coastal Upwelling
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Ekman spiral, Ekman layer, and Ekman transport
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Normal South Pacific Condition• Easterly “trade-winds” usually prevail and upwelling occurs• When exceptionally strong this cooling is called a La Nina.
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El Nino• During an El Nino, pressure conditions (and winds) reverse.• Extremely warm water and wind reversal affects weather.
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Sea Surface Temperatures
A warm water wave
migrates eastward
during and El Nino
as upwelling and
cooling is severely
diminished along
the western coast
of S. America.
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Fig. 10-21b, p. 276
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El Nino and La Nina events, and ENSO Cycle• La Nina versus El Nino conditions over the past 60 years.• The Y-axis is a parameter calculated from a combination of:
– air temperature
– water temperature
– air pressure (sea-level)
– wind speed and direction
– cloud cover
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Weather pattern changes during El Nino condition
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Weather pattern changes during La Nina condition
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Global hydrological impacts of El Nino
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Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
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North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO)
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Fig. 10-26a, p. 280
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Fig. 10-26b, p. 280