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This comprehensive guide explores the intricate systems governing wind dynamics, focusing on air pressure, forces, and the role of various factors such as topography and surface roughness. It examines large-scale and small-scale wind systems, including tropical cyclones, sea breezes, and the impact of the Coriolis effect and friction near Earth's surface. Detailed descriptions of wind measurement instruments like the wind vane and anemometer are included, as well as the behavior of winds under different conditions, such as stable and unstable layers, mountain waves, and land-sea interactions.
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AIR PRESSURE, FORCES AND WIND
Larger systems, greater amplitude Smaller systems, less variation (except tropical cyclones)
Pressure Gradient Force Remember the paper cup experiment
FRICTION NEAR EARTH’S SURFACE - WIND CROSSES ISOBARS
The Inertial Coriolis Force GEOSTROPHIC WIND (aloft!!!) - WIND FOLLOWS ISOLINES
WIND SMALL-SCALE & LOCAL SYSTEMS CHAPTER 10
SONIC ANEMOMETER SOUND WAVES DETERMINEWIND SPEED, DIRECTION & TEMPERATURE Sonic transducers
SNOWDRIFT http://www.wrds.uwyo.edu/wrds/rmfres/fendrift.html
Effect of Surface Roughness and Instability on Windspeed
Depth of mixing depends on: Surface Heating WIND SPEED TOPOGRAPHY SURFACE ELEMENTS
Effect of Eddies on Wind Inclination UNSTABLE STABLE
Lake-induced convergence Also SW Ontario
CHINOOK ! Cooling At MALR 6°C/km Warming At DALR 10 °C/km Warming At DALR 10 °C/km Cooling At MALR 6°C/km Cooling At DALR 10 °C/km X X VANCOUVER LETHBRIDGE 12°C 8°C More sensible heat