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1、CHAPTER3ATMOSPHERICCIRCULATIONTounderstandlarge-scalemotionsoftheresultoftheoperationofphysicallaws.Thisglobalatmosphere,itisessentialthattheAerographer’sMatemovementofair,whichrestoresabalanceofheatonstudythegeneralcirculationoftheatmosphere.TheEarth,isthegeneralcircula
2、tion.sun’sradiationistheenergythatsetstheatmosphereinmotion,bothhorizontallyandvertically.TherisingandWORLDTEMPERATUREGRADIENTexpandingoftheairwhenitiswarmed,orthedescendingandcontractingoftheairwhenitiscooledTemperaturegradientistherateofchangeofcausestheverticalmotion.
3、Thehorizontalmotionistemperaturewithdistanceinanygivendirectionatanycausedbydifferencesofatmosphericpressure;airpoint.Worldtemperaturegradientreferstothechangemovesfromareasofhighpressuretowardareasoflowintemperaturethatexistsintheatmospherefromthepressure.Differencesoft
4、emperature,thecauseoftheequatortothepoles.Thechangeintemperatureorpressuredifferences,areduetotheunequalabsorptiontemperaturedifferential,whichcausesatmosphericoftheSun’sradiationbyEarth’ssurface.Thecirculationcanbecomparedtothetemperaturedifferencesinthetypeofsurface;th
5、edifferentialdifferencesproducedinapanofwaterplacedoveragasheating;theunequaldistributionoflandandwater;theburner.Asthewaterisheated,itexpandsanditsdensityrelativepositionofoceanstoland,foreststomountains,islowered.Thisreductionindensitycausesthelakestosurroundingland,an
6、dthelike,causedifferentwarmer,lessdensewatertorisetothetopofthepan.Astypesofcirculationoftheair.Duetotherelativeitrises,itcoolsandisforcedtotheedgesofthepan.positionofEarthwithrespecttotheSun,muchmoreHereitcoolsfurtherandthensinkstothebottom,radiationisabsorbedneartheequ
7、atorthanatothereventuallyworkingitswaybacktothecenterofthepanareas,withtheleastradiationbeingabsorbedatornearwhereitstarted.Thisprocesssetsupasimplethepoles.Consequently,theprincipalfactoraffectingcirculationpatternduetosuccessiveheatingandtheatmosphereisincomingsolarrad
8、iation,anditscooling.distributiondependsonthelatitudeandtheseason.Ideally,theairwithinthetropospheremay
