atmospheric pressure and winds chapter 19. air pressure the weight of the atmosphere per unit area....
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Atmospheric Pressure and Winds
Chapter 19
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Air Pressure
• The weight of the atmosphere per unit area.– 1kg per cm² at sea level– 14.7 lbs/in² at sea level
• Directed equally in all directions• Barometer
– 76cm / 30in at sea level– given in metric unit of millibars (mb)
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Barometer
• Instrument that measures air pressure
• Mercury Barometer– Requires a tall
column of mercury
• Aneroid Barometer– Uses no liquid
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Mercury Barometer
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Air Pressure Records
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Why Air Pressure Changes
• Temperature Changes– warm air is lighter than cold air
• Changing Humidity – the more water vapor, the lighter the
air– water vapor pushes out heavier O2 and
N2 of the dry air
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What Makes Wind Blow
• Pressure Gradient Force– the difference in air pressures that
cause winds
• Local Winds– Sea Breeze: daytime wind from sea,
land heats faster than water and causes air to rise
– Land Breeze: nighttime wind from land to sea, water is warmer than land
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Local Winds: Sea Breeze
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Local Winds: Land Breeze
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Earth’s Rotation and Weather Systems
• Coriolis Effect– Turns wind to the
right
• Clockwise – Out of HIGH
pressure
• Counterclockwise– Into LOW pressure
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High Pressure Center
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Low Pressure Center
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Global Air Currents
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Air Masses and Fronts
Chapter 20
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Air Masses
• Huge section of air that has the same weather throughout
• Take on the characteristics of the area they originated over
• maritime tropical – mT• continental tropical –
cT• maritime polar – mP• continental polar - cP
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Air Mass Source Regions
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Fronts
• Boundary between 2 air masses
• Causes warm air to rise– Where
temperatures and humidity change
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Warm Front: Map View
• Slow moving• Long lasting rain• Cirrus to stratus
clouds, then nimbostratus
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Warm Front: Side View
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Warm Front: Side View
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Cold Front: Map View
• Fast moving• Unstable air• Cumulus –
cumulonimbus clouds
• Thunderstorms• Clears quickly and
leaves clear skies
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Cold Front
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Cold Front
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Occluded Front: Map View
• When a cold front overtakes a warm front
• Form low pressure systems
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Occluded Front: Side View
Warm Air
Cold AirCold Air