EESA09H3 Lecture Notes - Thermosphere, Thermal Expansion, Pressure-Gradient Force
1 Jul 2013
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Destructiveness tornadoes, hurricanes: 165 tornadoes in 24 hours, 194 dead in alabama in april 2011. Power source wind power wind chill, local cooling and heating, chinooks (local climate) Atmospheric primer: wind mythology (history of wind): Aeolus (greek god) designated by zeus to look after the four winds: zephrus gentle, west wind, boreas chilly, north wind, notos southern rain bringer, eurus ill-tempered, east breeze. Japanese mythology: wind goddess, replaced by feng po. Fujin was one of the earliest gods of shinto, the god of wind. Part of creation stories (holy wind) links to breathing: thought we were created from wind and not earth wind intimately connected to their spiritual life. Culturally wind has been used as a metaphor, often representing change. Monsoon wedding: denzel washington"s character connected to the character of a hurricane, shows different action of wind that have characters that match up with each of the characters. The wind that shakes the barley: wind in religions.
