Reading:
A&B: Ch4
Lecture Notes:
Pressure, Forces, and Motion
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I. Review: What is Pressure
Ideal gas law
II. Charts
1. Pressure levels
2. Constant Height
3. Constant Pressure
III. Newton's Second Law
IV. Forces & Winds
1. Pressure gradient force
2. Coriolis effect
->Geostrophic Wind
->Gradient Wind
3. Friction force
V. Cyclonic Flow, Anticyclonic Flow
Divergence, Convergence
BASIC CONCEPTS
- Pressure and winds
- Forces and the wind: Multi-media module from University of Illinois on pressure, forces and the wind
SPATIAL PATTERNS
- Generate maps of the zonal wind using the
electronic climatic atlas: Select a statistic (monthly, seasonal, annual), the
variable, the plot area (latitude/longitude limits),
time period, and display option (fill/shade gives the
clearest maps).