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CHAPTER 8
WIND SYSTEMS
CHAPTER 8
WIND SYSTEMS
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General refers to the average air flow, actual winds will vary considerably
Average conditions help identify driving forces
The basic cause of the general circulation is unequal heating of the earth’s surface◦ Warm air is transferred from the tropics to the
poles◦ Cool air is transferred from the poles to the
tropics
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Single Cell Model◦ Assume
1. Uniform water surface2. Sun always directly overhead the equator3. Earth does not rotateResult: huge thermally direct convection cell (Hadley)
Three Cell Model◦ Allow earth to spin = three cells (Hadley,
Ferrell, Polar)◦ Alternating belts of pressure starting with L at
equator◦ Alternating belts of wind with NE just north of
equator
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First, consider a nonrotating earth that’s completely covered with ocean
The PGF is really the only force driving the winds
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Adding some realism◦ Semi-permanent high and lows◦ Northern vs. Southern Hemisphere◦ Major features (pressure systems, wind belts,
ITCZ) shift seasonally with the high sun Towards the warm pole
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Fig. 8.3, p. 212© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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Fig. 8.3, p. 212© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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Fig. 8.4, p. 213© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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Average Wind Flow and Pressure Patterns Aloft◦ North-south temperature and pressure gradient at
high altitudes creates west-east winds, particularly at mid to high latitudes.
General Circulation and Precipitation Patterns◦ Rain where air rises (low pressure)◦ Less rain where air sinks (high pressure)
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Fig. 8.9, p. 216© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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Fig. 8.9, p. 216© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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http://daphne.palomar.edu/pdeen/Animations/23_WeatherPat.swf
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Fig. 8.5, p. 213© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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Fig. 8.6, p. 214© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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Fig. 8.7, p. 214
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Fig. 8.8, p. 215© Brooks Cole/Cengage Learning
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Where the circulation cells meet, we observe jet streams: narrow regions of very strong winds aloft
The polar jet usually provides a good estimate for the dividing line between warm and cold air
The subtropical jet affects Texas weather in the winter
The jet streams tend to be wavy and aren’t constant in time
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100-200 kt winds at 10-15 km, thousands of km long, several 100 km wide and a few km thick (polar and subtropical)
Established by steep temperature and pressure gradients between circulation cells◦ Gradients greatest at polar jet
Jet Streaks are areas of stronger wind within the jet stream
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Fig. 8.12, p. 218
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Arabic for “seasonal” Winds that change drastically from season
to season Have some similarities to land/sea breeze,
but on a much larger scale
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Cooling over land in winter causes sinking air, high pressure, dry conditions
Land heats up in summer (much more than ocean), causes rising air, low pressure, very wet conditions
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Also a monsoon, though weaker, in the southwestern United States
Douglas et al. (1993)
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Fig. 8.15, p. 222
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Fig. 8.16, p. 222
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Sea breezes and land breezes are mesoscale circulations near coastlines (for example, Texas Gulf coast)
Land and water heat and cool at different rates during the day and at night (remember heat capacity/specific heat?), causing gradients in temperature and pressure
Sea breezes:◦ Bring cooler air to coastal areas◦ Bring more humid air as well◦ Can cause thunderstorms inland from the coast
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Land Water
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Land Water
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At night, land cools faster than water---the opposite processes take place
Offshore flow, sinking air over land, rising air over water
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Stepped Art
Fig. 9-25, p. 241
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Mountain and Valley Breeze◦ On mountain slopes, warm air rises during the
day creating a valley breeze; during night nocturnal drainage of cool air creating a mountain breeze; gravity winds
◦ Associated with cumulus clouds in the afternoon
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Fig. 8.19, p. 226
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Fig. 8.20, p. 226
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Windy Afternoons◦ Afternoon convection◦ If the air begins to sink as part of a convective circulation, it
may pull some of the stronger winds aloft downward with it◦ If this sinking air should reach the surface, it produces a
momentary gust of strong wind◦ In addition, this exchange of air increases the average wind
speed at the surface
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Fig. 8.21, p. 227
Katabatic (fall) windsCold wind rushes down elevated slopes, usually 10 mi/hr or less but can reach hurricane strength
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Chinook/Foehn Winds◦ Dry warm descending on the leeward side of a
orographic barrier◦ Eastern slope of Rockies (chinook), Europe
(foehn), Argentina (zonda)◦ Snow-eater
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Fig. 8.23, p. 228
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Fig. 8.24, p. 229
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Fig. 8.25, p. 229
+49° F in seven minutes (Great Falls, MT) Spearfish, SD: -4°F to 54, back to 11, up to 55!
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Santa Anna Winds◦ Warm dry that blows from east or northeast
downslope into Southern California◦ Very fast, desiccates vegetation, providing fuel for
fires◦ Canyons can funnel and enhance
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Fig. 8.26, p. 230
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Fig. 8.27, p. 230
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Fig. 8.28, p. 230
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Fig. 8.29, p. 231
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Other extreme winds◦ Texas or blue norther◦ Norte◦ Bora, Mistral (famous katabatic winds)◦ Blizzard, burga, purga◦ Duststorm, sandstorm
Haboob, Shamal◦ Dust devil, whirlwind◦ Leste, levete, sirocco, khamsin, simoom
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Fig. 8.30, p. 231
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Fig. 8.31, p. 232
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Fig. 8.32, p. 232
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Fig. 8.33, p. 233
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Fig. 8.34, p. 233
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Aircraft Turbulence◦ CAT (clear air turbulence)◦ Increasing wind speed shear◦ Billow clouds