Ecology - Global Weather Patterns

Student Name: Student Identification Number: Course Number and Title: Assignment Number and Title: Date of Submission: Trends Of Weather Patterns Question 1 The global patterns of atmospheric heating as well as circulation are usually best describable as the air circulation over the earth. This circulation is largely caused by uneven heating of the exterior and the powered patterns of precipitation. The worldwide circulation of atmosphere usually shifts the cold air starting from the high latitudes into the route of low latitudes, and in the route of low latitudes. In addition, the warm air comes from low latitudes heading to the route of high latitudes (Miller & Spoolman, 2009). The air ascends beyond the surface and moves away close to the top troposphere as well as moving to the pole region. As it advances in the direction of the pole, the air starts to unite at around thirty degrees north as well as south latitude. The mechanisms that usually produce elevated precipitation within the tropics is normally a condensation product of atmospheric water vapor, which is dragged down by gravity, being deposited on the surface of the earth. The precipitation mechanisms may include rain, sleet, snow, and it occurs at the tendency of atmosphere to become occupied with water vapor, which then condenses as well as precipitates. The trade winds blow from the northeast to the northern side of the equator. Southern side of the equator, they blow starting the southeastern side. In addition, the trade winds belonging to the two hemispheres meet up close to the equator, an action that causes the air to rise. As the air that continues to rise cools, it develops the clouds and the rain, where this cycling of rising and falling tendency of the air is commonly known as the Hadley cell. The effectual bands of rainy and cloudy weather close to the equator usually generate tropical conditions known as the temperate latitudes. Thus, the heating of the earth surface as well as atmosphere is the main contributor of patterns of precipitation, where the sun heats the air near the equator and causes it to swell and rise. The formation of clouds is as an effect of the condensation of the rising air mass because the cool air usually hold less water vapor compared to warm air, allowing the water being carried by the ascending air mass that condense to form clouds. The differential heating of the solar on the planet contributes to mechanisms production of high precipitation at the latitudes of temperature, due to the axial tilt, proximity or rotation to the sun. The rays of the sun would hit the equator at an angle that is direct ranging between the Tropic Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. The closest point usually relies on exact period of the year. The Solar radiation accesses the atmosphere and is particularly intense between the latitudes, which is the Tropic of Capricorn as well as Tropic of Cancer. In all the other places, the rays of the sun hit a certain angle to the surface, thus becoming less intense. The closeness of a certain place to the poles determines the smaller size of the angle and eventually the less intensity of the radiation. Ther...