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Chapter 4
Atmospheric Circulation
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Earth
Regions near the equator receive light at 90o
High latitudes receive light at low angles
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Earth
Regions near the equator receive light at 90o
High latitudes receive light at low angles
Light energy is more concentrated near the equator. In other words, there is a greater flux per unit area (W/m2)
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Solar energy is concentrated near the equator
Image: Netherlands Center for Climate Research
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absorbed solar energy
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absorbed solar energy
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More energy is absorbed near the equator than emittedAnd more energy is emitted near the poles than is absorbed.
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Excess energy at the equator is transferred towards the poles by convection cells
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Solar energy received is greatest near the equator.
Energy is moved from the equator to the poles.
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Solar energy received is greatest near the equator.
Energy is moved from the equator to the poles.
Energy is transferred by wind and ocean currents
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Air near the equator is warmed, and risesso
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The rising air creates a circulation cell, called a Hadley Cell
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HRising air low pressureSinking air high pressure
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Warm air rises
Rising air is replaced
Hadley Circulation Cell
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Warm air rises
Air cools, sinks
Rising air is replaced
Hadley Circulation Cell
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Warm air rises
Air cools, sinks
Rising air is replaced
Hadley Circulation Cell
LOW HIGH HIGH
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The Earth would have two large Hadley cells, if it did not rotate.
--This is exactly what we think occurs on Venus (which rotates very slowly)!
Rotation of the Earth leads to the Coriolis Effect
This causes winds (and all moving objects) to be deflected:
to the right in the Northern Hemisphereto the left in the Southern Hemisphere
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The Coriolis Effect
Based on conservation of angular momentum
We experience linear momentum when we are in a car that is traveling fast and then stops suddenly.
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Planet Earth rotates once per day.
Objects near the poles travel slower than those near the equator.
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Angular Momentum
L = mvr
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Angular momentum is conserved unless someforce (a torque) is applied
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Objects near the poles have less angular momentum than those near the equator.
When objects move poleward, their angular momentum causes them to go faster than the surrounding air. Conversely, they slow as they move towards the equator.
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When objects move north or south, their angular momentum causes them to appear to go slower or faster.
This is why traveling objects (or air parcels) deflect to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.
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Example of Coriolis effect: hurricanes
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• Hurricanes are low pressure centers• Air moves from high pressure towards low pressure
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isobar (line of constantpressure)
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Hurricanes: Northern hemisphere
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• As the air moves in, it is deflected towards the right in the NH• Resulting circulation is counter-clockwise
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The Coriolis effect causes winds to deflect as they travel within circulation cells
This breaks up the two large Hadley cells into six smaller cells.
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In the tropics, surface air is moving equatorward. It isdeflected to the right in the NH (left in the SH), givingrise to easterly flow (the trade winds)
Easterlies
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At midlatitudes, surface air is moving poleward. It isdeflected to the right in the NH (left in the SH), givingrise to westerly flow (the prevailing westerlies)
Westerlies
Westerlies
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Credit: NASA
Credit: NASA
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Warm air rises
Air cools, sinks
Rising air is replaced
Hadley Circulation Cell
LOW HIGH HIGH
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Warm air rises
Air cools, sinks
Rising air is replaced
LOW HIGH HIGH
Rising air cools; the air’s capacity to hold water drops. Rain!
No rain inregionswhereair isdescending
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Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IntertropicalConvergenceZone-EO.jpg
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Caution:
Zonal weather pattern is not completely true
The pattern is disrupted by land-sea contrasts
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Land heats and cools rapidly
Water heats and cools slowly
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Warm air rises
Onshore wind
DAY
Sea Breezes
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Sea Breezes
Warm air rises
Onshore wind
DAY
Offshore wind
NIGHT
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Tibetian Plateau--Monsoon Circulation