EDUP1005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Liquid Nitrogen, Geostrophic Wind, Atmospheric Circulation
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What"s in the syllabus: the earth"s rotations and orbit around the sun cause observable changes in the environment. Weather forecast unpacked: covered in forests, clouds, ocean, land, lines , h high pressure system these contours are changing away from this system high. The different response of the ocean and the land to heating by the sun results in air temperature and air pressure changes which generates land and sea breezes. It"s because of the tilt of the earth"s axis! It"s all about how much solar radiation is received and the length of the day! If the axis of our rotation of the planet was perfectly vertical and upright/had no tilt. Weather is the sunlight, wind, snow or rain and the temperature in a particular region or time. Interactions between the atmosphere and the oceans driven by the sun"s heat create different climates known as the climate system": energy from the sun is the main driver for our climate system.
