GEOG 4060 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Diabatic, Barotropic Fluid, Appalachian Mountains
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2/g 2 / p2 = -fo/g / p [-vg p( g+f)] - r/gp p. Qualitative understanding of equation and terms, including forcing and response terms. Left side of equation: response term, proportional to . Rising motion occurs when heights are falling from cad g increasing with time cyclonic vorticity up with time (or anticyclonic down) warm air advection rising motion. Sinking motion occurs where heights are rising from wad g decreasing with time anticyclonic vorticity up with time (or cyclonic down) cold air advection sinking motion. Differential = with height, regular is on a horizontal plane. Relationship between troughs and ridges, vorticity advection and vertical velocity. Minimum vorticity advection in ridges, maximum vorticity advection in troughs. Divergence downstream from troughs and upstream from ridges. Convergence downstream from ridges and upstream from troughs. Relationship between jetstreaks, vorticity advection and vertical velocity. Left entrance and right exit: anticyclonic vorticity advection sinking vertical motion.
