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| Horizontal differences in pressure cause air to move |
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| Movement of air. Warm air rising, cool air replacing warm air |
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| How do we measure air pressure? |
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| Why does air pressure decrease with height? |
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| Number of air molecules decreases with height |
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| What is Standard Sea level Pressure? |
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| Due to differences in pressure within the atmosphere that causes air to move |
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| Deflection of wind due to earths rotation |
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| Influenced by friction of wind on earths surface and the objects on it |
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| Horizontal winds in a straight line parallel to isobars at a constant speed |
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| How does a steep pressure gradient appear on a map? |
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| Distinguish a trough vs a ridge on a map |
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| Troughs bend down, Ridges bend up |
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| Describe how winds blow around highs and lows near the surface in the northern hemisphere |
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| Into low pressure center counter clockwise, from high pressure clockwise |
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| Smallest scale of motion, blows smoke and dust |
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| medium scale, causes thunderstorms |
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| Combines Planetary and Synoptic |
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| Strong winds in narrow bands |
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| Forms at night with temperature inversion |
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| Hadley, Ferrel Cell, Polar Cell |
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| Light winds, weak gradients around the equator |
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| Hadley Cell driven by energy of sun as warm air rises and cold air goes down |
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| Heating and cooling of atmosphere near the ground |
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| Cool air drains into the valley at night, blows downhill at night |
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| Blows up hill at day, warm air |
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| Hot and dry, blow from east off the elevated desert |
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| Downslope flow of cold, dense air |
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| Warm and dry, descending rocky mountains |
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| Desert wind, dust storm, downdraft of desert thunderstorm |
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| Over winter in Sahara desert |
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| Clear, dry, hot afternoon |
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| Sea Breeze vs Land Breeze |
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| Sea Breeze stronger than land breeze |
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