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GY 101 Exam 2 Questions & Detailed Answers
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- GY 101
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- University Of North Carolina At Wilmington
GY 101 Exam 2 Questions & Detailed Answers
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GY 101 Exam 2 Questions & Detailed AnswersGlobal Scale - ANS Atmospheric features that cover large portions of earth and
maintained over and extensive time period
Synoptic Scale - ANS High and low pressure patterns over large parts of continents
Mesoscale - ANS Cover just a few square km to hundreds of square km
Microscale - ANS Very small scale, like ripples that form on snow or a sandy beach
Single-cell Model - ANS Describes the general movement of the atmosphere,
proposed by George Hadley
Zonal Winds - ANS Move in an east/west or west/east direction
Meridional Winds - ANS Move in north/south or south/north direction
Three-cell Model - ANS Model that divides each hemisphere into 3 cells: The
Hadley, Ferrel and Polar cells
Hadley Cell - ANS Circulates air between the tropics and subtropics
, Ferrel Cell - ANS Circulates air in the middle latitudes
Polar Cell - ANS Circulates air at the poles
Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) - ANS A zone of low pressure at the equator
due to intense heating. Also referred to as the Equatorial Low
Subtropical Highs - ANS Large band of high pressure
NE Trade Winds - ANS Winds in the N Hemishere deflected to the right
SE Trade Winds - ANS Winds in the S Hemisphere deflected to the left
Subpolar Lows - ANS Areas of low pressure
Westerlies - ANS Caused by air moving from the subtropical highs towards the
subpolar lows by the Coriolis Effect
Polar Highs - ANS Areas of high pressure
Polar Easterlies - ANS Air moving towards the equator that is deflected by the
Coriolis
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