GEOG 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Tibetan Plateau, Semi-Arid Climate, Diabatic
10 Feb 2017
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Warm ocean water sinks to depth because it is cold and it has a lot of salt. Equatorial currents- along the pacific they flow from east-west because of trade winds. Northeast and south east trade winds flow from east to west and create an ocean current that flows from east to west. Diabatic is when you add heat to this parcel of air (provide energy to this air from the external temperature) Adiabatic is changes of temperature in parcel of air not from external but if it is increasing or decreasing in pressure. Pressure decreases when u move up in the atmosphere. Higher humidity in the morning- relative humidity is the amount of moisture in the air over the capacity if the amount of air that can be held in the air. The capacity of the air is smaller in the morning.
