GEOS 212 Midterm: Exam 2 Review
10 Dec 2016
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Exam 2 review (lecture 10-18: thickness of atmosphere: ~10 km, main gases in atmosphere and their relative amounts: Nitrogen (n2) = 78%; oxygen (o2) = 21%; argon (ar) = 1%; Carbon dioxide (co2) = 0. 0404% (was 0. 0350% in 1988) (was 0. 0320% in 1965) (was 0. 0280% in 1700) Seattle rains a lot, every time rains, it releases heat and picked up when it did vapor riding. 2). wind = sun energy converted to motion by air & water vapor. Coriolis force: how atmosphere circulation controls climate (temperature & rainfall, main wind belts on planet (easterlies/trade winds, westerlies, polar easterlies, how heat is transported on large and small scale within atmospphere (it"s water, weather prediction using atmospheric pressure. Winds generally blow from high pressure toward low pressure. Surface current what drives them, patterns, rates of motion, how they trasport heat. Patterns of temperature in the oceans, and how related to atmosphere and ocean circulation.
