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Claire Bilicki PGEOG 361 Assignment 1 ACTIVITY A Figure 1 In Figure 1, the latitude is 23.66°N, and the longitude is 147.10°W. The wind speed is 29 kilometers per hour, and the direction is 90°. Figure 2 The lowest point near Figure 1 is right near Hawaii, at 19.24°N, 157.06 °W with a wind speed of 2 km/h.
Claire Bilicki PGEOG 361 Assignment 1 Figure 3 The fastest wind speed is where the air is flowing to a point, which is 62 km/h at 16.68°N, 124.41°W. The air near this point seems to be flowing into this central area, as described in the activity as “water flowing to a drain. Figure 4 Conversely, Approximately 15°N from my previous point, there are a few air currents that seem to be flowing away from this point. Figure 5
Claire Bilicki PGEOG 361 Assignment 1 A zoomed-out view of Figures 1-4. Figures 1-5 answer questions 1-7. These first questions seek to help the reader understand and discover the atmospheric circulation of air that takes place on the earth’s surface. Figure 6 Figure 7 Figure 8. At latitude 7.69°N 156.43°W, we have a temperature of 24.7°C. Moving to the right to 161.05°W, and keeping the same latitude, we
Claire Bilicki PGEOG 361 Assignment 1 have a temperature of 26.1°C. Moving to the left only in longitude, we have a temperature of 27.5°C.This is a difference of 1.4 and 2.8°C, respectively. Warmer air below this region appears to be flowing toward this patch of cooler air, the warm air rising due to low density. There is also some air moving out of the cool spot. This air is of higher pressure than the warmer air around it, so it desires to move fill the areas of lower pressure surrounding it, which contain less dense warm air. Figure 9 Figure 10 Figure 11 At a latitude of about 58.40° N, we find a pocket of warmer air with cooler temperatures located to the left and right. At 58.40°N, the temperature is 25.1°C at 120.69°W, differing about 4.7°C cooler to the left at 123.20°W. To the right, at 116.89°W, there is a temperature difference of 3.4°C, from 25.1°C to 21.7°C. Cooler air from the left is moving into the warmer air at the point in Figure 9. Cooler air from the right shifts its path slightly to move into the warmer patch at Figure 9, but the general direction of the airflow seems to be rising to the North Pole. However, I did notice a slight movement of the air into this warmer tongue that I have found.
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