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QUESTIONS: Isobars on weather maps refer to lines of constant ____________. pressure Atmospheric pressure _______ with altitude. decreases A large air mass moves from east to west in the Northern Hemisphere mid latitude. What is the direction of the Coriolis force acting upon the air mass? from south to north What force causes the wind to blow? pressure gradient force Which of the following best describes friction? Friction is always opposite of wind direction If a wind is blowing from the land to the ocean, how would you call it in terms of direction? Offshore wind The world's deserts are found at 30o latitude because of the sinking air of the subtropical highs. Which of the following best describe the direction of northern hemisphere jet stream? Westerly What is meridional flow? north-south airflow What is the WRONG description of blocking pattern? Blocking pattern causes fair weather. Cold front is located to _____ of the cyclone center. the south Which of the following best describes surface winds around cyclones in the Northern Hemisphere? Counterclockwise and spinning inwards toward the center Arctic amplification refers to the fact that the Arctic is warming _______ the Northern Hemispheric mean. faster than During neutral conditions in the tropical Pacific, warmer SST is located on the _____ side of the Pacific. West Weaker trade winds will lead to ___ conditions in the eastern tropical Pacific and ______ will likely to arise. warmer, El Niño Which of the following will occur when trade winds across the tropical Pacific strengthen? La Nina
If the wind is easterly over an ocean region in the northern hemisphere, what direction does the total water column move according to Ekman transport? from south to north What is the wrong description of upwelling and downwelling? In coastal upwelling, the surface layer of warm, nutrient-deficient water thickens. Where does deep water form in the Northern Hemisphere? North Atlantic Atlantic meridional overturning circulation describes the primarily ______ movement of warm surface water and _______ movement of cold deep water. northward, southward The biological pump in the ocean ___ CO2 in the atmosphere. decreases How will Sea-level change when the floating ice in the ocean melts? no change Solar changes are _______ factors to the Earth's climate system. external Which type of feedback is the ice-albedo feedback? positive Which decay of organic matter generates methane? Anaerobic decay The Keeling curve shows the increasing trend of which greenhouse gas in the atmosphere? CO2 Which variations doesn't Milankovitch cycles include? sunspot Methane release from melting permafrost is a _________ feedback. positive Which type of aerosols exert an overall cooling effect on the climate? sulfate The net radiative forcing to the present climate is _______. anthropogenic
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