GEOG 2050 : Test 3 Notes

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Geog 2050 test 3 notes this will be the hardest exam of the entire course. Pinatubo eruption in hong kong 1992 same bright colors: atmospheric circulation, mt. March 14: - pressure gradient force, coriolis force, friction force, geostrophic winds, anticyclone, cyclone, trade winds, Influences wind and ocean currents wind and currents get deflected as the earth spins. High and low pressure areas develop a rotary (rotational) motion: above the surface, coriolis balances pressure force - resulting in winds parallel to isobars. March 16: - hadley cells, doldrums, westerlies, bermuda/azores high, icelandic low, pacific/hawaiian high, aleutian low, Antarctic high, arctic high, constant isobaric surface, rossby waves, jet stream, polar front, polar jet stream, subtropical. Jet stream, north atlantic oscillation (nao), arctic oscillation (ao), land and sea breezes, mountain and valley breezes, Interception precipitation strikes vegetation water runs (is funneled) down leaves/stems then hits the ground: throughfall precipitation that makes direct contact with the ground.

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