Global temperatures and rainfall

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  • Created on: 11-04-19 14:16
Low Pressure
When the land and air heats, the air expands and rises as it becomes lighter
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High Pressure
As the sea takes longer to heat, the air remains dense and cold
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ITCZ
InterTropical Convergence Zone - forms when two air masses meet(converge) on the tropics
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Global Circulation Model
The theory in which the atmosphere works in the three cells on each side of the Equator
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Hadley Cells
Huge cells of air that cool as it descends and heats as it rises in a cycle. It creates high and low pressure. Located on the Equator
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Ferrel Cells
Like Hadley Cells but the other side of the tropics. In the middle of the Hadley and Polar Cells
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Polar Cells
Like the Hadley Cells. At the very north/south of the earth next to the Ferrel Cells
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Global Rainfall
ITCZ never reaches deserts on the equator, or north/south of the tropics. When the Ferrel and Polar cells coverge, they create frontal rainfall.
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As the sea takes longer to heat, the air remains dense and cold

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High Pressure

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InterTropical Convergence Zone - forms when two air masses meet(converge) on the tropics

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Card 4

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The theory in which the atmosphere works in the three cells on each side of the Equator

Back

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Card 5

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Huge cells of air that cool as it descends and heats as it rises in a cycle. It creates high and low pressure. Located on the Equator

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