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Atmospheric Forces. AOS 101 Discussion Sections 302 and 303. Why Does the Wind Blow?. What makes the wind blow? We need to think about Newton's Laws 1 st Law An object at rest will remain at rest; an object in motion will remain in motion as long as no force is exerted on the object. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Atmospheric Forces
AOS 101 Discussion Sections 302 and 303
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Why Does the Wind Blow? What makes the wind blow? We need to think about Newton's Laws 1st Law
An object at rest will remain at rest; an object in motion will remain in motion as long as no force is exerted on the object.
2nd Law The total force exerted on an object is equal to the
acceleration of the object times its mass
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Pressure Gradient Force Compels fluids to move from high pressure to
lower pressure
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PGF and Wind
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Isobars and PGF
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PGF
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Coriolis Force An apparent force
Results from the constant rotation of the Earth
Northern Hemisphere Acts at a 90°angle to the
right of the object in motion (such as the wind)
This means that a wind from the south would have a CF acting toward the east
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Imagine Dallas, TX fires a missile at Winnipeg, Manitoba…
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Missile starts at Dallas, which is at a latitude of 37.28 N, rotates with the Earth at a speed of 465.11 m/s.
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Missile travels toward Winnipeg which, at a latitude of 52.00 N, rotates with the Earth at a speed of 286.35 m/s
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Geostrophic Balance
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Geostrophic BalancePressure Gradient Force
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Geostrophic Balance
Coriolis Force
Pressure Gradient Force
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Geostrophic Balance
Coriolis Force
Geostrophic Wind
Pressure Gradient Force
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Upper Level Flow
PGF
CF
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Geopotential Height
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Geopotential Height
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PGF/ CF/ Centripetal
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Friction Force
WindFriction
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Friction Force This throws the wind out of geostrophic balance
There is now a net force acting on the wind in the direction opposite its motion
WindFR
PGF
CF
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Friction Force Upper Level Wind
Balance: PGF/ CF Lower Level Wind
Balance: PGF/ CF/ Friction Friction causes wind to
cross isobars at ~30°angle at surface
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Front Collapse Experiment
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Front Collapse Experiment
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Rotating Tank Experiment
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Atmospheric Fronts
AOS 101 Discussion Sections 302 and 303
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Warm Front
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Warm Front
Drawn as a red line with red semi-circles pointing in the direction of the front’s movement
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Cold Front
Drawn as a blue line with blue triangles pointing in the direction of the front’s movement
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Stationary Front Stalled
No movement of the temperature gradient
Convergence of wind Drawn as alternating
segments of red semicircles (warm front) and blue triangles (cold front) in opposite directions
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Occluded Front• A region where a faster
moving cold front has caught up to a slower moving warm front.
• Generally occurs near the end of the life of a cyclone
• Drawn with a purple line with alternating semicircles and triangles
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Cold Occlusion The type most
associated with mid-latitude cyclones
Cold front "lifts" the warm front up and over the very cold air
Associated weather is similar to a warm front as the occluded front approaches
Once the front has passed, the associated weather is similar to a cold front
Vertical structure is often difficult to observe
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Warm Occlusion Cold air behind
cold front is not dense enough to lift cold air ahead of warm front
Cold front rides up and over the warm front
Upper-level cold front reached station before surface warm occlusion
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Fronts
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Identifying FrontsWe know that we need to look for low pressure
and a boundary of cold and warm air.
To pinpoint the parts of our cyclone, look for specifics in the observation maps
• Find the center of cyclonic rotation
• Find the large temperature gradients
• Identify regions of wind shifts
• Identify the type of temperature advection
• Look for kinks in the isobars
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