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Review of Conservation of angular momentum(a second look)
The Atmopsheric Circulation (a view from space and from NWS models)
A closer look at Huricanes, their formation and the oceanic response
Zonal average circulation
Radiative Budget
Atmosheric Circulation Part III
Review of Conservation of angular momentum(a second look)
The Atmopsheric Circulation (a view from space and from NWS models)
A closer look at Huricanes, their formation and the oceanic response
Zonal average circulation
Radiative Budget
Atmosheric Circulation Part III
Schematic depiction of the development of the atmospheric circulation, starting from a state of rest
WesterliesEasterlies (Trades)
Review of Conservation of angular momentum(a second look)
The Atmopsheric Circulation (a view from space and from NWS models)
A closer look at Huricanes, their formation and the oceanic response
Zonal average circulation
Radiative Budget
Atmosheric Circulation Part III
A look at the atmospheric circulation from space
http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?wv_moll+/14d/
Advection of water vapour associated with Eastrerlies and Westerlies
Strong convection over tropical region
Generation of Tropical Cyclones
equator
ITCZ: Inter-Tropical Convergenze Zone
ITCZ: Inter-Tropical Convergenze Zone
Midlatitude Instabilitieshttp://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?ir_central+/48h/3h
Poleward Heat Transport
Midlatitude Cyclones
Warm Front
Cold Front
Tropical Air
Polar Air
Polar Air
Tropical Air
ITCZ: Inter-Tropical Convergenze Zone
Midlatitude Instabilitieshttp://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?ir_central+/48h/3h
L L
L L
L
LL
H
HH
H
H H
Eq. Low
Subtropical High
Subpolar Low
Polar High
Review of Conservation of angular momentum(a second look)
The Atmopsheric Circulation (a view from space and from NWS models)
A closer look at Tropical Cyclones, their formation and the oceanic response
Zonal average circulation
Radiative Budget
Atmosheric Circulation Part III
Tropical Cyclones
Webster P.J , G. J. Holland, J. A. Curry, H.-R. Chang (2005) Changes in Tropical Cyclone Number, Duration, and Intensity in a Warming Environment, SCIENCE
Emmanuel, K. (2004) Increasing destructiveness of tropical cyclones over the past 30 years, NATURE
Articles
RITA http://www.atmos.washington.edu/~ovens/loops/wxloop.cgi?fronts_ir_east+/48h/
L Fpressure
FCoriolis
Why do tropical storms intensify?
Vortices
L Fpressure
FCoriolis
HFCoriolis
Fpressure
High Pressure SystemLow Pressure System
Tropical cyclone have an eye of anticyclonic circulation!
Storm Surge: sea level rises because of the low atmospheric pressure system
Review of Conservation of angular momentum(a second look)
The Atmopsheric Circulation (a view from space and from NWS models)
A closer look at Tropical Cyclones, their formation and the oceanic response
Zonal average circulation
Radiative Budget
Atmosheric Circulation Part III
Vertical view of the atmosphereand Poleward Transport of Heat
EquatorPole
Hadley Cell
Ferrel CellPolar Cell
Review of Conservation of angular momentum(a second look)
The Atmopsheric Circulation (a view from space and from NWS models)
A closer look at Tropical Cyclones, their formation and the oceanic response
Zonal average circulation
Radiative Budget
Atmosheric Circulation Part III
Radiative Budget
Rotation effects are not always important
Land-Sea Breeze
Moonsoons, a continental scale land-sea breeze
