4.5 Global Wind Patterns

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Hadley Cells & process

control wind and weather

  1. Direct sunlight at equator

  2. Warm air rises, cools, expands

  3. Continues

  4. Cooling, expands air spreads

  5. Cool, dry air sinks to earth (deserts form from no moisture)

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Coriolis Effect

-deflection of objects through atm. due to spin of earth

-earth spins faster at 30 degrees than 60 degrees

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Global Wind Patterns

Air rising at equator = lower pressure

Air sinking down at 30 deg = higher pressure

Drives ocean current clockwise N hemisphere and counterclockwise S hemisphere

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