The coriolis force - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Hydrography correct answers density dependent on temperature and salinity Compare horizontal and vertical currents correct answers Horizontal currents are typically stronger than vertical. Most currents flow horizontally, while vertical movement is very localized. Describe the Geoid correct answers The Geoid is the shape that the surface of oceans would take under the influence of earth's gravity and rotation alone, in absence of winds and tides. It is the ocean surface at rest and mirror...

What are the characteristics of the flow of air around high pressure systems? Outward Downward Clockwise What are the characteristics of the flow of air around low pressure systems? Inward Upward Counterclockwise What is a Trough Line? An elongated area of low pressure. (Air rises in this area) (It is conducive to cloudiness and precipitation) What is a Ridge Line? An elongated area of high pressure. (Air moving out of a high depletes the quantity of air - therefore these are areas of ...

CSCC GEOG 1900 EXAM 2 WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS What are the features of surface air? It moves from high to low pressure. It is deflected to the right in the northern hemisphere by the Coriolis force. It is deflected to the left in the southern hemisphere by the Coriolis force. At the shore, during a normal 24 hour period, a land breeze is most likely to occur in late afternoon (4pm) Geostrophic winds are subject to the Coriolis effect As evidenced in Lab 7, an eye dropper (a Cartesian di...

wx 201 test 2 erau questions and answers station pressure the actual air pressure computed at the observing station sea level pressure the standard level of pressure 29.92 inches ideal gas law the relationship PV=nRT, which describes the behavior of an ideal gas mercury barometer consists of a glass tube open at the bottom end and partially filled with mercury barometric pressure the pressure due to the weight of the atmosphere; also called air pressure or atmospheric p...

WX 201 Final ERAU Exam Questions and Answers The Atmosphere aerosol (a.k.a. particulates) rain, drizzle, fog, snow, ice crystals, cloud droplets Permanent gas Nitrogen [N2]=78% Oxygen [02]=21% Others (Ar, Ne, He, Kr, H)=1% Variable gas [H2O] -0 to 4% (highly variable) -Most abundant variable gas• [CO2] -0.039% and rising [O3] -Highly variable, reactive gas -Upper atmosphere: protects life from UV light -Occurs naturally, absorbs harmful ultraviolet light from sun ...

WX 201 Exam 3 w- HW 16 and 17 Questions and Answers Due to Hadley cell formation and the Coriolis force in both hemispheres, winds aloft flow a. easterly b. southerly c. westerly d. randomly e. northerly C Which air mass woudl show the most dramatic change in both temperature and moisture content as it moves over a large body of very warm water? a. mA in winter b. mP in winter c. cP in winter d. cT in summer e. mT in summer C If you are standing directly south of a smo...

What is the pressure gradient defined as? - -The rate of pressure change in a direction perpendicular to the isobars What type of vertical atmospheric circulation is associated with a low-pressure system? - Air will ascend (insufficient pressure to keep air at the surface) and try to converge at the center of the lowpressure, which also produces wind Define Atmospheric Pressure (Barometric Pressure) - -Pressure exerted on a surface by the atmosphere due to the weight of the column of air di...

WX 201 Exam 3 with correct Answers The contour lines drawn on a 500 mb chart are lines of constant height The unit of pressure most commonly found on a surface weather map is millibars or hectopascals Isobaric surfaces are ____ in warm, less-dense air and ____in cold, more-dense air. higher; lower Because of friction, surface winds move ____ winds aloft with the same pressure gradient. more slowly than The pressure gradient force is directed from higher pressure toward l...

PPL – Weather Questions and Answers Graded A+ General characteristics of air flows around high/low pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere Low Pressure - inward, upward, and counterclockwise High Pressure - outward, downward, and clockwise What is a trough? An elongated area of relatively low atmospheric pressure. At the surface when air converges into a low, it cannot go outward against the pressure gradient, nor can it go downward into the ground; it must go upward. Therefor...

What is the source of almost all energy in the Earth system? - Answer-Solar Radiation (the sun) Explain the Earth's radiation balance at the top of the atmosphere. - Answer-Qin=Qout (incoming energy must equal outgoing energy) Explain the Earth's surface heat budget. What terms are the most important? - Answer-100 units of solar radiation at the top of the atmosphere, approximately 25% is reflected back to space, 25% is absorbed by the atmosphere, and 50% reaches Earth's surface. Of that...