OTHER TOPICS -----> Intro./Maps Atmosphere Pressure/Wind Moisture
Storms Forecasting Climates and Change Optics

PRESSURE/WIND CHAPTERS -----> Pressure Local Wind Global Wind

Global Circulation Systems

I. HADLEY CELL

A.   Conditions

  1. no land/water (all water)
  2. no seasons (sun over equator)
  3. no rotation (only pressure gradient)
B.   Results = Hadley Cell

II. THREE CELL MODEL

A. Global Pressure / Circulation Patterns

  1. intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) - "doldrums" (seasonality)
  2. subtropical high (STH) - "horse latitudes"
  3. trade winds
  4. westerlies
  5. subpolar low
  6. polar easterlies
  7. polar high
B. Peripheral Terminology
  1. jet stream
  2. thermal low
  3. ocean currents and upwelling
  4. El Nino / Southern Oscillation (ENSO)
    • La Nina ... "La Nada"
  5. "La Mama" or PDO (Pacific Interdecadal Oscillation)

PRESSURE/WIND CHAPTERS -----> Pressure Local Wind Global Wind