7.3 - Air Pressure and Wind
Learning Objectives
After reading, studying, and discussing the chapter, students should be able to:
18.1 Define air pressure and describe the instruments used to measure this weather element.
18.2 Discuss the three forces that act on the atmosphere to either create or alter winds.
18.3 Contrast the weather associated with low-pressure centers (cyclones) and high-pressure centers (anticyclones).
18.4 Summarize Earth’s idealized global circulation. Describe how continents and seasonal temperature changes complicate the idealized pattern.
18.5 List three types of local winds and describe their formation.
18.6 Describe the instruments used to measure wind. Explain how wind direction is expressed using compass directions.
18.7 Describe the Southern Oscillation and its relationship to El Niño and La Niña. List the climate impacts to North America of El Niño and La Niña.
18.8 Discuss the major factors that influence the global distribution of precipitation.
18.1 Define air pressure and describe the instruments used to measure this weather element.
18.2 Discuss the three forces that act on the atmosphere to either create or alter winds.
18.3 Contrast the weather associated with low-pressure centers (cyclones) and high-pressure centers (anticyclones).
18.4 Summarize Earth’s idealized global circulation. Describe how continents and seasonal temperature changes complicate the idealized pattern.
18.5 List three types of local winds and describe their formation.
18.6 Describe the instruments used to measure wind. Explain how wind direction is expressed using compass directions.
18.7 Describe the Southern Oscillation and its relationship to El Niño and La Niña. List the climate impacts to North America of El Niño and La Niña.
18.8 Discuss the major factors that influence the global distribution of precipitation.