Global atmospheric circulation Flashcards
and weather
1
Q
Global atmospheric circulation?
A
Transports heat from tropical to polar
2
Q
Pressure belt?
A
Band of high pressure or low pressure
3
Q
Golf stream where?
A
Golf of Mexico to Uk
4
Q
Low pressure?
A
Air rising
5
Q
High pressure?
A
Air falling
6
Q
Surface winds?
A
Air moving at the surface from high to low pressure
7
Q
Ingredients for tropical storm?
A
over ocean>moisture
over 27 degrees C> warm temp
low wind shear> no wind breaks it up
5-30 degrees N or S of equator
8
Q
Tropical storm spin?
A
anticlockwise in northern hemisphere
clockwise in southern hemisphere
