GEO 121 1st Edition Lecture 16 Outline of Last Lecture I Moisture Clouds and Precipitation a Normal Lapse Rate b Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate c Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rate d Absolute Humidity e Relative Humiduty II Precipitation Causing Conditions a Convectional b Orographic c Frontal Outline of Current Lecture III Planetary Mechanics IV Intensity of Energy V Deflections VI Coriolis Effect VII Hadley Cell Current Lecture Planetary mechanics o Rotation o Revolution o Parallelism o Inclination Duration Intensity of Energy o Insolating o Atmosphere o Reflection Pressure moves from low to high Deflection o Specifically the deflection of objects from the Earth s surface Coriolis Effect o A deflection of moving objects when the motion is described relative to a rotating reference frame In a reference frame with clockwise rotation the deflection These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute is to the left of the motion of the object in one with counter clockwise rotation the deflection is to the right Hadley cell o Named after George Hadley is a tropical atmospheric circulation that is defined by the average over longitude which features rising motion near the equator poleward flow 10 15 kilometers above the surface descending motion in the subtropics and equatorward flow near the surface This circulation is intimately related to the trade winds tropical rainbelts and hurricanes subtropical deserts and the jet streams
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