SLO-2: Circulation Patterns

During this topic in class, we learned about the coriolis effect on the world and how it changes the way the wind moves creating circular motions in the wind's rotation. We did an activity in class using markers and a balloon and we "replicated" the earth's roation. When the earth spins, the wind is supposed to be moving straight, but due to the earth spinning, it causes the winds to either move clockwise, or counterclockwise. At the equator everything is at a 0° so everything is neutral. Moving upwards from 0° to 30°, the trade winds come into play moving counterclockwise as well as including the Hadley cells. At 30° to 60° the westerlies winds are going clockwise and are getting the Farrel cells. Which causes the circular rotation in that section. On the 60° to 90° the Polar Easterlies are going counterclockwise making the roation with the westerlies which are going clockwise which have the Polar Cells. At the top and the bottom of the earth is the North Pole and the South Pole which bring in the cold winds later mixing with warm winds. The Poles are always cold.