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Ch-4:
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What is air pressure? How much does the atmosphere "weigh" at sea level? In pounds per square inch; inches of Hg; millibars; cm; mm? What does a mercurial barometer measure? How does it work? What does an aneroid barometer measure? How does it work? What is a barograph? What does it measure? What are its particularly desirable features? If an aneroid barometer mechanism is placed in an instrument case calibrated to feet above sea level, what is the name of this "new" instrument? What does it measure? As altitude above the surface becomes greater, what happens to air pressure readings? If one descends from the top of Moscow Mtn to downtown Moscow, will air pressure increase or decrease? How are winds named, according to their "directions?" From what direction is an East wind coming? What direction is it going? Several times per year, Moscowans "smell Potlatch," meaning emissions from the Potlatch factory in Lewiston. Lewiston is south of Moscow. What is the name for a wind bringing Lewiston "signature scent" to Moscowans? Lines of equal pressure drawn on a pressure map are called what? What is a pressure gradient? What is the relationship between a pressure gradient and wind speed? If isobars are spaced closely together on a map, will wind speeds be faster, slower, or not predictable compared to isobars spread apart on a map? What is the primal force making wind blow? Who was Coriolis? What did Coriolis discover? How does the Coriolis Force affect the direction a wind goes? What does Coriolis Force do to winds in the Northern Hemisphere; the Southern Hemisphere? What is the strength of the Coriolis Force at the Equator compared to the North and South Poles; to intermediate Earth locations? What is a "Low" or "L"? What is a "High" or "H". What is a trough; a ridge? What are the rules for air flow into/out of Highs/Lows? Rules for sinking/rising? Rules for in-spiral/ out-spiral? Northern Hemisphere versus Southern Hemisphere? Why are corrections need to be made for an intercontinental ballistic missile's trajectory compared to just "shooting it straight to the target? What is the "friction force?" What is its effect on wind direction compared to where a High-Low pair is located? At what latitudes are Subtropical Highs found? What is an STH? What specific weather conditions does an STH bring to the surface beneath and adjacent it? Where is the Pacific High? What part of the U.S. does it particularly influence? Where is the Hawaiian High? What part of the U.S. does it especially influence? Where is the Bermuda High? In which Northern Hemisphere season are the Pacific and Bermuda Highs especially strong? Where are the Aleutian and Icelandic Lows? In which seasons of the year are they especially strong? What weather do these Lows spawn for inhabitants of the Pacific Northwest of the U.S.A.? THEND THEND THEND THEND THEND |
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