UCSD ESYS 10 Introduction to Environmental Systems
Winter 2006
January 31
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Powerpoint
lecture
Reading: Chapter 4
(Atmospheric Circulation)
Problems due Feb. 7: Ch. 4 Review
questions 3, 5, 6, 12; Critical thinking problem 3
Lecture: Atmospheric Circulation
Case
study 2, introduction. (ozone)
Term paper
assignments: Decide
on topic by Thursday, Feb. 16. Paper is due Tuesday, March 14.
Atmospheric
Circulation
National Weather Service – "Jetstream" online weather school
Atmospheric circulation – Wikipedia
Intertropical Convergence Zone
(USA Today)
Hadley Circulation
Coriolis effect Which way does the water spiral when you drain your bathtub?
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)
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 Jan. 31 2006
email: Lynne Talley