ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 47: Intertropical Convergence Zone, Atmospheric Circulation, Opuntia

• School: UTM
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENV100Y5
• Professor: Barbara Murck

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Chapter 14 - el ni o in the gal pagos islands. Wednesday, january 27, 2016. Global atmospheric circulation: a quick review. Heat is transferred from the equator (surplus of solar energy) to the poles (deficit of solar energy) The coriolis effect causes the simple equator- to- pole circulation to break up into a series of cells. Global circulation influences climate patterns, oceanic circulation, and biomes. Convergence and rising motion in the equatorial region results in heavy cloud cover, humid conditions, rain. Thermal equator:moves to the north in nh summer, to the south in sh summer. Associated with easterly trade winds. Winds are named from the direction they"re coming from, not to. Can be in a vertical or horizontal sense. Air moves (i. e. wind blows) from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure. Trade winds:northeasterly and southeasterly equatorial winds (i. e. blow fr. Normally trade wings blow to the west.