Exam 5: Global Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

Rossby waves are undulations in the flow path of the:

Pressure gradients aloft tend to move from low latitudes towards high latitudes because of:

A barometer is an instrument that is used to measure wind speed.

An anticyclone is a center of low pressure.

Ocean currents play an important role in transferring heat from low to high latitudes.

The distinctive weather pattern caused by monsoon circulation is:

In a monsoon circulation, wind flow reverses seasonally with the migration of the ITCZ.

In the northern hemisphere, the Coriolis effect causes winds and currents to veer to the:

Atmospheric pressure:

The direction of friction on this figure is labeled:

Hadley cells are essentially large convection loops, with rising air at the subtropical highs and descending air at the ITCZ.

The surface wind system known as the trade winds is labeled:

The magnitude of the Coriolis force is largest at the:

The typical weather conditions experienced at the central high pressure location on this map in January would likely be:

Explain how and why a sea breeze occurs.

The subtropical high pressure belts are zones of:

Which of the following is not a cold ocean current?

A local wind system that flows from ocean to land during the late afternoon is called a:

Surface winds tend to be quite strong at the ITCZ because of the strong rising air currents.

Atmospheric pressure remains constant with increasing altitude.