NATS 101-05

Lecture 13

Diurnally and Seasonally Reversing Winds:
Sea breeze, mountain-valley breeze and Monsoons
Divergence and Convergence
Vertical Motion
Force of Friction 2
Flow at Surface Lows and Highs
Combining upper & low level flow: Rising (cloudy) and sinking (clear)
Combining upper & low level flow: Rising (cloudy) and sinking (clear)
Atmospheric Scales of Motion
Review:
Thermally Direct Circulation
Sea Breeze Development
(Courtesy of Mohan Ramamurthy, WW2010)
Sea Breeze Development
(Courtesy of Mohan Ramamurthy, WW2010)
Sea Breeze versus Land Breeze (Courtesy of Mohan Ramamurthy, WW2010)
Sea Breeze
Mountain-Valley Breeze
Phoenix-Tucson Diurnal Winds
Thermally Direct Circulation
The Darwin Awards
The Darwin Awards
Monsoon
Monsoon
Monsoon
Slide 22
Slide 23
Asian Winter
Asian Summer
Monthly Average Rain
Cherrapunji
January
July
Geography of Our Monsoon Region
Terrain
Yecora & Moctezuma PWV 2004 Monsoon Onset
Monthly Rainfall
Percentage of Annual Rainfall
July minus June
Rainfall
Monsoon Evolution from Satellite
June-July 500 mb Flow
July 900 mb Flow
Diurnal Winds
450 m AGL
Summary
Assignment