GG281 Lecture Notes - Meridional Flow, Hydrosphere, Tropopause
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Remember, get marked for going to tutorials this week and next! Computation for coriolis, we need a common unit of measurement at all latitudes. The circumference of any arc radius can be expressed in radians. Temperatures, comparing north america and atlantic ocean when moving west to east see land longitude is colder during winter opposed to ocean during winter. Can predict which have a higher aptitude in the season. Summer time, exchange of energy between high and low latitudes are different than winter. Position of polar jet stream over north america and atlantic ocean in winter (horizontal shear: creates significant clockwise movement of air) Interaction between polar air and subtropics air include: pressure gradients, and second have to do with an interaction northeasterlies, and westerlies air: causing disturbance along the border, colder air moving opposite of warmer air creating horizontal stress.
