GEO 121 1st Edition Lecture 16Outline of Last Lecture I. Moisture, Clouds, and Precipitationa. Normal Lapse Rateb. Dry Adiabatic Lapse Rate c. Wet Adiabatic Lapse Rated. Absolute Humiditye. Relative HumidutyII. Precipitation Causing Conditions a.Convectionalb.Orographicc.FrontalOutline of Current Lecture III. Planetary MechanicsIV. Intensity of EnergyV. DeflectionsVI. Coriolis EffectVII. Hadley CellCurrent Lecture:-Planetary mechanicsoRotationoRevolutionoParallelismoInclination-Duration Intensity of EnergyoInsolatingoAtmosphereoReflection-Pressure moves from low to high-DeflectionoSpecifically the deflection of objects from the Earth's surface-Coriolis Effecto A deflection of moving objects when the motion is described relative to a rotating reference frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the deflectionThese 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 celloNamed 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
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