EOSC 112: THE FLUID EARTH CORIOLIS EFFECT AND GEOSTROPHY Atm3 Read: Kump et al. Chap.4, p. 61-68 Why do weather / climate vary around the globe? Why is.

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EOSC 112: THE FLUID EARTH CORIOLIS EFFECT AND GEOSTROPHY Atm3 Read: Kump et al. Chap.4, p Why do weather / climate vary around the globe? Why is the response to a global climate perturbation not necessarily uniform around the globe? Objectives: 1.To explain the Coriolis effect; 2.To describe Geostrophic balance; 3.To describe the general pattern of Global Winds on a rotating planet.

Hadley circulation Hadley (1735): Warm Eq. => rising air & low p. Cold Pole => sinking air & high p Surface air flows from Pole to Eq. Upper air flows from Eq. to Pole. => Hadley cell Assumes: No rotation, no continents.

Average Sea-level Pressure (July)

1. Coriolis effect on a rotating platform Coriolis effect seen on a rotating platform, as 1 person throws a ball to another person.

Coriolis effect on Earth Coriolis “Force”: directed at right angles to the airflow, hence, affects only wind direction, not speed, has magnitude proportional to wind speed, maximum at poles, weakens toward equator.

Relationship between Surfaces of Constant Elevation and Surfaces of Constant Pressure 500mb 800mb Z=2km Equator Pole NH looking East Top view at Z = 2 km 800mb 500mb 2km Equator Pole Top view of 800 mb surface 1.9km 1.5km 1km 0.5km

2. Geostrophic balance P diff. => pressure gradient force (PGF) => air parcel moves => Coriolis force Geostrophy = balance between PGF & Coriolis force

Approximate geostrophic balance for large-scale flow away from Equator Why no geostrophic balance at Equator? In N. Hem., geostrophic wind blows to the right of PGF In S. Hem., geostrophic wind to left of PGF. PGF Coriolis wind N. Hem.S. Hem. wind PGF Coriolis

Surface Cyclone Low pressure cells are cyclones, (high pressure cells anticyclones). Air driven towards the centre of a cyclone by the PGF gets deflected by the Coriolis “force” to spiral around the centre.

Comma-shaped cloud structure of a cyclone in temperate latitudes 3. Global Winds on a rotating planet

Role of Friction Ground friction slows wind => CF weakens. CF+friction balances PGF. Surface wind tilted toward low pressure region.

Vector addition for Geostrophic Balance with Friction Net sum of force vectors must be zero. For this to happen, surface wind must point slightly toward L. PGF Coriolis Force Surface Wind L H

Convergence & divergence Cyclone has convergence near ground but divergence at upper level. Anticyclone: opposite of Cyclone.

Average Sea-level Pressure (January)

Global winds on a rotating planet

The Jet Stream

Global upper-level winds (300mb)