SIO 35 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Outgassing, Coriolis Force, Hydroelectricity

• School: UCSD
• Department: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
• Course: SIO 35
• Professor: discroll

Document Summary

Transfers sensible and latent heat from low to high altitudes. Winds that move from the poles towards the equator get pushed westward because of the coriolis effect causing the easterlies. Theory that earth"s surface (lithosphere) is made up by plates that have and continue to move. Most of the deformation occurs along the edges. Occurs when water flows to the surface naturally because of hydraulic head due to pressure behind it from higher recharge area. When rain doesn"t fall on one side of a mountain because clouds rise, condense, and precipitate on their way up, and thus do not cross the mountains. This usually results in dry, arid, desert climates on the backside of mountains. Water has no shear force; water will move in the direction that it is pushed. Describe the surface water transport direction and total water transport direction in reference to the wind direction during ekman transport.