ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION

Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulation

• Wind Essentials  

• Driving Forces Within the Atmosphere  

• Atmospheric Patterns of Motion  

• Oceanic Currents  

Wind Vane and Anemometer

Figure 4.4

Wind Portrait of the Pacific Ocean

Figure 4.6

Driving Forces Within the Atmosphere  

• Pressure Gradient Force  

• Coriolis Force  

• Friction Force  

Pressure Gradient

Figure 4.7

Coriolis Force

Figure 4.9

500-mb Pressure Map

Figure 4.10

Geostrophic, Gradient and

Surface Winds

General Atmospheric Circulation

Figure 4.13a

Global Barometric Pressure

Figure 4.11a

Global Barometric Pressure

Figure 4.11b

General Atmospheric Circulation

Figure 4.13b

Jet Streams

Figure 4.17

Upper Air Rossby Waves

SURFACE OCEAN CURRENTS