ENVR 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Coriolis Force, Hadley Cell, Pressure Gradient

• School: McGill University
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENVR 200
• Professor: Anthony Ricciardi

Document Summary

Earth is not flat plane (some get more energy than other places) Poles receive less energy than the equator get hot. Water vs land high heat capacity of water. Tibetan plateau is higher up into the atmosphere. Southern hemisphere less changes because of water. Energy from the sun most of the year. Fundamental force something that is independent of an object. Apparent force force that comes from the fact that you are in an environment that is spinning. Without apparent forces gravity takes over. Pressure exerted on a particular area. Pressure gradient move from high to low pressure. Area of high pressure moves air to low pressure air. Bigger pressure gradient (want to move molecules) High temperature have a high temperature system. We are on a reference from that is spinning. Never changes doesn"t matter how fast winds is going / gravity doesn"t change. Due to pressure gradient coriolis force gets kicked in.