Barometry

PJHS WEATHER STATION

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Below, you will find an outline with readings, test/quiz dates, and downloadables such as question packets and answer keys.

UNIT - PRESSURE & WIND  

Materials required: Question Packets w/Keys, Notes, Textbook, Access to videos below

Reference Tables: Pages 1, 4, 12, 13, 14

OUTLINE

Temperature & Pressure

PRESSURE (particularly Air Pressure)

Formula         Pressure = Force / Area

Air Pressure

Pressure

ISOLINE MAPS

Isotherms - lines connecting points of equal temperature

Isobars - lines connecting points of equal pressure

Gradients - the rate of change of the quantity in question

WIND !

WIND PATTERNS

WHAT MAKES THE WIND - move from High Pressure to Low Pressure

What makes the wind

CORIOLIS EFFECT/FORCE  - Why winds curve to the right in the N. Hemi. and curve to the left in the S. Hemi

Coriolis Effect

LAND AND SEA BREEZES - due to differential heating of different Earth surfaces

Land and Sea Breezes

JETSTREAMS - Why Storms follow the paths that they do

GRADIENT

WIND