Global And Regional Air Circulation

Question 1

At about what latitude is the polar jetstream at?

Answer 1

60°

Question 2

Pacific high

Answer 2

Semi permanent high-pressure in the pacific ocean

Question 3

Ferrell cell

Answer 3

Air flow from the Hadley and polar cells move to the mid latitudes

Question 4

Polar cell

Answer 4

Rising air at mid latitude sinks near the north/south poles

Question 5

Land breeze

Answer 5

Air from the land was onto the nearshore ocean

Question 6

Mountain breeze

Answer 6

Cooling air from the mountain moves down slope

Question 7

Bermuda high

Answer 7

Semi permanent high pressured in the Caribbean

Question 8

Katabatic wind

Answer 8

Downslope wind that moves at very fast speeds

Question 9

Monsoon

Answer 9

Wind pattern changes direction seasonally in South Asia

Question 10

Dust devil

Answer 10

Whirlwind caused by strong solar heating and local wind

Question 11

Santa Ana wind

Answer 11

Warm dry air funnels eastward through mountain canyons

Question 12

Chinook wind

Answer 12

Warm dry air parcel that rapidly drops from the mountains

Question 13

Aleutian low

Answer 13

Semi permanent low pressure in the gulf of Alaska

Question 14

Hadley cell

Answer 14

Excessive heating in the tropics gives rising air moving toward the poles

Question 15

Valleybreeze

Answer 15

Warming air from a valley moves upslope

Question 16

Windshear

Answer 16

Turbulence formed by rapid change in wind direction and speed

Question 17

Seabreeze

Answer 17

Air from the sea moves onto the shore

Question 18

Subtropical jetstream

Answer 18

River an upper-level air between the ITZC and Ferrel cell

Question 19

Polar jetstream

Answer 19

River of upper level air between the polar and Ferrel cell

Question 20

When our land breeze is likely to occur?

Answer 20

Night

Question 21

When are sea breezes likely to occur?

Answer 21

Day

Question 22

Add about what latitude is the subtropical jetstream at?

Answer 22

30°

Question 23

Columbia Gorge wind

Answer 23

Cold air flows east into the gorge

Question 24

Siberian high

Answer 24

Permanent high-pressure over eastern Russia

Question 25

What is the Columbia Gorge wind a sign of?

Answer 25

Cold weather

Question 26

Icelandic low

Answer 26

Semi permanent low-pressure near Greenland

Question 27

Eddy

Answer 27

A small volume of air that behaves differently from the larger flow in which it exists

Question 28

Thermal circulations

Answer 28

Circulation is brought on by changes in air temperature

Question 29

What causes a seabreeze?

Answer 29

Air over water remains cooler than air over land

Question 30

How does the land breeze form?

Answer 30

The land cools more quickly than the water and the air above the land becomes cooler than the air over the water

Question 31

Haboob

Answer 31

Sand storm

Question 32

Intertropical convergence zone

Answer 32

The boundaries zone separating the northeast trade winds of the northern hemisphere from the southeast trade winds of the Southern Hemisphere

Question 33

Trade winds

Answer 33

Winds that occupy most of the tropics and blow from the subtropical highs to the equatorial low

Question 34

Westerlies

Answer 34

Dominant westerly winds that blow in the middle latitudes on the polarward side of the subtropical high-pressure area's

Question 35

Polar front

Answer 35

A semi permanent, semicontinuous front that separates tropical air masses from polar air masses

Question 36

Sub polar low

Answer 36

A belt of low-pressure located between 50° and 70° latitude

Question 37

About what latitude is the ITCZ located?

Answer 37

0°

Question 38

What part of the atmosphere a jet streams found?

Answer 38

Tropopause