Highly recommended Links for Lab C

 

Air pressure

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1901/es1901page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

 

Coriolis force – the concept

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/gifs/coriolis.mov

 

Wind Pattern Development (pressure gradient force, Coriolis force, friction force, geostrophic winds, low & high pressure cells)

 

Geostrophic winds

http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/gifs/geo.mov

 

 

EXTRA LINKS!

 

More Coriolis force links!

a) Definitions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_force

 

b) Observe the Coriolis Effect over Earth’s surface

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1904/es1904page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

 

c) How does Coliolis Effect influences wind patterns

http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1905/es1905page01.cfm?chapter_no=visualization

 

 

Questions

 

Picture the terrestrial globe in your mind. Now, answer, in regards to Coriolis force, where is it strongrest? Where is it weekeast?