PPT Flashcards
(53 cards)
Baroclinic:
……………… temperature contrast
usually associated with ………………….
high
development
Barotropic:
……………… temperature contrast
usually associated with ………………….
little
little development
Zonal flow

Meridional flow

long waves

short wave

confluent flow picture

diffluent flow picture

divergence
an increase in the horizontal area of an air parcel causing shrinking in vertical due to change in speed down the flow
diffluence
increasing separation of streamlines downstream, air slows down
the ageostrophic wind is the
vector difference between the geostrophic wind and the actual wind
the geostrophic wind is …………………….
non-divergent
…………………………………………………………………..results from the ageostrophic component
any divergence or convergence and hence vertical motion
ageostrophic motion acts ………………………………………….. of the acceleration (in ………………. flow)
perpendicular and to the left
frictionless flow
flow around curved contours is subject to ………………………………
acceleration towards the center of curvature
flow around curved contours is subject to acceleration towards the center of curvature due to
an imbalance between the corriolis force and pressure gradient force
flow around curved contours is subject to acceleration towards the center of curvature due to an imbalance between the coriolis force and pressure gradient force.
……………………………….. will lead to ageostrophic motion
the acceleration
an air parcel in cyclonic flow =PGF ….. CF
PGF > CF
an air parcel in cyclonic flow =PGF > CF
Figure

an air parcel in cyclonic flow =PGF > CF
acceleration towards ………………………….
center of curvature
an air parcel in cyclonic flow =PGF > CF
acceleration towards center of curvature
figure

an air parcel in cyclonic flow =PGF > CF
acceleration towards center of curvature
the opposite occures if the flow is
anticyclonic
an air parcel in cyclonic flow =PGF > CF
acceleration towards center of curvature
the opposite occures if the flow is anticyclonic
figure

in anticyclonic flow
ageostrophic motion opposes ……………………….
figure
the geostrophic flow














































