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Meteorology, Sun, and Stars
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What is it?Meteorology: the study of atmospheric phenomena
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Weather Vs. Climate Weather: current state
of the atmosphere Rainy, cold, tornado,
sunny, hurricane, etc. Think: Short
term….”what’s the weather like outside?”
Climate: long term variations
Tropical, desert, polar, temperate.
Think: tropical, desert, polar
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What causes weather and climate?
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!
Latitude, longitude, amount of sunlight, and Earth’s rotation.
Think about where various places and ecosystems are….do hurricanes occur in Norway?
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The World’s Climates
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Redistribution of Earth’s heat energy
The tropics and other places maintain fairly constant average temperatures because heat energy is redistributed around the world. The continual motion of air and water reallocates heat energy among Earth’s surface.
Virtually everything that we consider to be weather is part of this constant redistribution of Earth’s heat energy.
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Air Masses Large body of air that takes on the
characteristics of the area over which it forms. Region where they are formed is called the
SOURCE REGION mT A cP cT mP
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Global Wind Systems Particles deflect in
northern and southern hemispheres
Coriolis effect plus heat imbalence creates distinct weather patterns
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Global Wind Systems ITCZ: Intertropical Convergence Zone: found
along the equator, it pushes air upward , low pressure area
Follows the path of the sun’s rays There’s a reason why we have tropical
rainforest!
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Seasonal migration of ITCZ
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Jet Streams