APES 4.5: Global Wind Patterns

global wind patterns

air movements that are caused by pressure belts convection cells and earth's rotation. Warm air rises from the equator to the poles then cools and sinks back to the equator

trade winds

Prevailing winds that blow northeast from 30 degrees north latitude to the equator and that blow southeast from 30 degrees south latitude to the equator

wind

The horizontal movement of air from an area of high pressure to an area of lower pressure

solar radiation

radiant energy emitted by the sun from a nuclear fusion reaction that creates electromagnetic energy

equator

An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole

Coriolis effect

Causes moving air and water to turn left in the southern hemisphere and turn right in the northern hemisphere due to Earth's hemisphere.

atmospheric circulation

hot air rises, moves, cools and sinks, and is heated again

solar radiation diagram

shows the levels of radiation depending on the latitude on earth. More at the equator and less at 90.