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Discussion 3/13

Lectures 12&13, plussome previous material

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Overview• Global circulation cells– Trade winds & jet streams– Convergent & divergent zones

• More on jet streams– Dish-pan experiment & heat budget

• Monsoons• Precipitation & topography

• Geostrophic winds & force balance

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Jet streams; convergence & divergence

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Mountain rain shadow

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Geostrophic winds

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