1. Vegetation zones Biomes OBSERVATION: Tropical forests, grasslands, deserts, tundra, etc.

2. Variations in solar energy input drive global patterns of precipitation.

3. Uneven input of energy:

4. Warm air rises, cold air falls:

7. Water-holding capacity of air:

10. Warm air rises, zone of low pressure, rain:

11. Rising air or low pressure at the equator. Falling air or high pressure at 30 latitude. Descending air warms, carries more water and dries the environment.

13. It will rain: 1.Areas of permanent low pressure (equatorial doldrums, and 30 latitude). 2.When a cold and warm front collide. 3.When air crosses a mountain range.

16. You find deserts:

17. Deserts

18. Variations in solar energy input drive global patterns of winds.

20. Wind = movement of air on the earth’s surface:

21. Wind deviation b/c of earth’s rotation and ball-shape:

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23. Patterns of atmospheric circulation:

24. Velocity at different latitudes.

25. Deviation of winds by the West-to-East rotation of the Earth:

28. Atmospheric circulations Winds

32. Application 1: Sierra Nevada Mountains.

34. Application 2: Coastal and Cascade Range in Oregon and Washington.

35. Oregon and Washington

36. A wet (monsoon) and dry season of South East Asia: 1.Large seasonal shift of the “equatorial” hotspot: Intertropical Covergence Zone (ITCZ). 2.Seasonal reversal of low and high pressure zone over the Himalayan mountains.

37. Intertropical Convergence Zone

39. ITCZ: Intertropical Convergence Zone (where NE and SE trade winds converge (doldrums)

40. Summer (July). Winter (January)

41. UNEVEN COOLING/HEATING OF LAND AND WATER. Summer warm cold Winter coldwarm Sea Land Sea Land

43. Changing Trade winds over India.

44. Global patterns of ocean surface currents (gyrals)

48. Surface temperatures oceans