PHYS 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Coriolis Force, Downwelling
22 Nov 2016
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Dark band- belt (downwelling clear sky region) Hp atm system at levels of visible clouds. Air parcel move from center of grs. Rot of planet causes wind to deflect to left of path in s hemisphere. Also affected by coriolis force due to rot: other big spots (white ovals, large ovals above visible clouds. Developed from merging of series of small vortices. Dark oval in high lat of n hemisphere. Help understand atm dynamics on j: hot spots. E balance critical factor to det evolution of climate system. Det by absorbed solar e and emitted thermal e. On j, emitted thermal e is about 1. 6 x absorbed solar e. Internal heat on j: e budget plaents and moons, other small scale ovals. Emitted thermal e= absorbed solar e and internal heat. E components and corresponding global e budget vary with time: temporal variation of emitted e (saturn) varies with time, e budget of terrestrial bodies (titan)
