Chpt. 19 Air Pressure & Wind
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| the force exerted by the weight of a column of air above a given point | show 🗑
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| show | jet stream
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| show | Coriolis Effect
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| an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure | show 🗑
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| show | pressure gradient
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| a low-pressure center characterized by a counterclockwise flow of air in the Northern Hemisphere | show 🗑
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| seasonal reversal of wind direction associated with large continents, especially Asia (heat from land during summer causes air to rise, producing a low-pressure system that pulls in moist air from the ocean) (high pressure over land pushes air out to sea) | show 🗑
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| show | trade winds
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| winds that blow from the polar high toward the subpolar low | show 🗑
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| show | anticyclone
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| show | polar front
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| the dominant west-to-east motion of the atmosphere that characterizes the regions on the poleward side of the subtropical highs | show 🗑
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| a wind that consistently blows from one direction more than from another | show 🗑
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| the name given the periodic warming of the ocean that occurs in the central and eastern Pacific | show 🗑
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| an instrument used to determine wind speed | show 🗑
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