Atmospheric and ocean Circulation - OCW
Description: This chapter covers: air pressure and pressure variations across the Earth; controls over wind direction and speed (pressure gradient, Coriolis effect, friction); cyclones and anticyclones; local scale winds (land-sea breezes, mountain-valley winds, chinooks, Santa Ana winds); regional scale winds (monsoons); global scale circulation (surface pressure and wind, upper tropospheric patterns of wind and pressure); air pollution and pressure systems; and ocean circulation (ocean currents, El Nino and La Nina). It forms part of the 'Physical Environment', by Michael E Ritter, Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, an online physical geography learning environment combining text, images, audio and video programmes.
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