UCSD  ESYS 10 Introduction to Environmental Systems

Winter 2006

February 2

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Powerpoint lecture (same as Jan. 31)

Reading: continue Chapter 4 (Atmospheric Circulation)

Problems due Feb. 7: Ch. 4 Review questions 3, 5, 6, 12; Critical thinking problem 3


Lecture: Atmospheric Circulation (continued)

Case study 2, introduction. (ozone)


Atmospheric Circulation

Atmospheric circulation – Wikipedia

Intertropical Convergence Zone (USA Today)
Hadley Circulation  
 

Coriolis effect Which way does the water spiral when you drain your bathtub?

USA Today Coriolis force

Wikipedia Coriolis force

Scientific American on water flowing down a drain
Bad Coriolis (Penn State) 

Dominant atmospheric circulation

Pacific winds from satellite scatterometer (NASA)

Winds in many different hurricanes (NASA satellite images)
Weather chart tutorial (UK Met Office)
Weatherwatch (Scholastic)


Weather patterns: land-sea differences

Sea breeze (USA Today)
Sea and land breezes
Indian Summer Monsoon (Climate Prediction Center)
Indian monsoon rainfall
Indian Monsoon and its impact on agriculture (USDA)


Global precipitation

Evaporation and condensation (USA Today)
Latent Heat (USA Today)
Greenland ice
Antarctic ice
Santa Ana winds (USA Today)
June Gloom and the Catalina Eddy


Last modification Feb. 2 2006

email: Lynne Talley