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Understanding Atmospheric Circulation: A Guide to Weather and Climate

Explore the intricate workings of atmospheric circulation and its impact on weather and climate. Learn about the layers of the atmosphere, composition of gases, global circulation patterns, Coriolis effect, wind patterns, monsoons, air masses, fronts, and types of cyclones.

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Understanding Atmospheric Circulation: A Guide to Weather and Climate

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  1. Atmospheric Circulation

  2. Weather & Climate • Weather • Climate

  3. Atmospheric Layers • Troposphere • Stratosphere • Mesosphere • Thermosphere • Exosphere

  4. Composition of the Atmosphere • Gases

  5. Atmospheric Circulation • Powered by sun light

  6. Uneven Solar Heating and Latitude • Polar latitude • Tropical latitude

  7. Uneven Solar Heating and the Seasons • Tilt of Earth’s rotational axis

  8. Uneven Solar heating and Atmospheric Circulation • Global circulation • Governed by two factors • Uneven solar heating • The rotation of the earth • Coriolis effect

  9. The Coriolis effect and Atmospheric Circulation Cells • Hadley cells • Ferel cells • Polar cells

  10. Wind patterns • Doldrums • Intertropical convergence zone or ITCZ • Horse latitudes • Trade winds • Westerlies • Polar easterlies • Geographic equator • Meterological equator

  11. Monsoon • Sea breeze • Land breeze • Storms • Cyclones • tornado

  12. Air mass • Front • Vilhelm Bjerknes • Extra tropical Cyclones • Polar front • Frontal storms • Nor’easters (northeasters) • Tropical Cyclones • Hurricanes • Typhoons • Tropical storms • Tropical depressions

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