Circulation in the atmosphere and oceans

A. Terms that should mean something to you
Related words are grouped together

Energy [ lecture ] Heat Temperature Processes of energy transfer Potential energy [ 150, 201 ]	Global energy budget [ 187-189 ] Earth systems [ lecture ] Changing systems [ lecture ] Dynamic equilibrium [ 187-189 ] Electromagetic radiation [ 187-189 ] Reflection [ 188 ] Absorption [ 188 ] Emission [ 188 ]	Geographic equator [ 194-195 ] Meteorological equator [ 194-195 ] ITCZ [ 194-195 ] Coriolis effect [ 190-194, 506 ]
Surface winds [ 193-196 ] Trade winds [ 193 ] Westerlies [ 193 ] Polar easterlies [ 193 ] Hadley cell [ 193 ] Doldrums [ 193 ] ITCZ [ 193, 195 ]	Evaporation [ lecture ] Precipitation [ lecture ] Heat [ lecture ] Atmospheric pressure [ lecture ] ITCZ [ lecture ] Monsoon [ lecture ]	Seasonal variability [ 195-197 ] Climate [ lecture ] Weather [ lecture ] Storms [ 197-198 ] Cyclones [ 198-204 ] Hurricanes [ 198-204 ] Storm surge [ 198-204 ]
Currents [ 208-234] Surface currents [ 209-225 ] Names of surface currents [ 209-225 ] Deep currents [ 225-229 ] Names of deep currents [ 225-229 ] Two-layer ocean [ lecture ] Thermocline [ 155 ]	Gyre [ 210-218 ] Western boundary current [ 214-216 ] Westward intensification [ 216 ] Geostrophic flow [ 212-213 ] Eddies [ 214-216 ] Countercurrents [ 218 ]	Ekman transport [ 195-197 ] Upwelling [ 220-221 ] Coriolis force [ 191-193, 506 ] Deep water formation [ 225-226 ]

B. Questions you should be able to answer
1. What fuels the air motion around the Earth?
2. What condition determines which way air will move?
3. What is the pattern of air movement on the earth? At the surface? Higher in the atmosphere?
4. What happens to air because of the Coriolis effect?
5. What causes the Coriolis effect?
6. What is a monsoon?
7. What causes the monsoon over India?
8. Why do hurricanes die out over land?
9. How do electromagnetic radiation waves differ from sound or wind waves?
10. Why do clouds form over low pressure areas?
11. Is energy consumed or released when water evaportes? When wave condenses into raindrops?
12. What is the ultimate source of energy causing seawater to move?
13. What causes seawater to move?
14. Why is a western boundary current like the Gulf Stream faster than other currents?
15. Why is there upwelling along the equator and some coasts?
16. How do deep currents differ from surface currents?
17. Where are the two places in the world where deep water forms? Why there?

C. On the web - General references
Hurricane Season
News and general information
CNN

D. On the web - Current topics
1. Movie of Hurricane Lili as it moves across the Gulf of Mexico
    GOES
2. Hurricane Season
    News and general information
    CNN
3. Visible Earth
    Satellite images of earth. Type in "global" in the search box to get global views. Check out the cloud patterns.
    NASA

E. Notes and diagrams
1.    Global energy budget
2.    Electromagnetic spectrum
3.    Dynamic equilibrium and change: Analogies
4.    Monsoons
         Basics of the Arizona Monsoon & Desert Meteorology
            Explains why the monsoon occurs.
            Arizona State University
         The Arizona Monsoon
            Includes images.
            Tom Polakis
         Indian Weather
            Short explanation of the Indian monsoon - giver and take of life.
            Nature, PBS Online
         Forest Fires in Indonesia
            Weak monsoonal rains associated with El Niño set the stage for extensive fires.
            United Nations Environment Programme
         Monsoon Floods Force Millions to Flee
            The other side of the coin - flooding.
            August 16, 2002; CNN
5.    Hurricanes
         Hurricanes: Nature's Greatest Storms
            Latest reports.
            NOAA
6.    Storm surge
         Weather Basics: How Hurricanes create Killer Surge
            General explanation with a few links.
            USA Today
7.    Surface currents
         Weather Basics: How Hurricanes create Killer Surge
            General explanation with a few links.
            USA Today