Transcript Climate – Earth`s rotation

Climate – Earth’s rotation
Different
locations on
Earth travel
differ distances
for each rotation.
The Jet Stream
• High altitude, fast winds(100 mph+)
that steer storms and determine the
locations of high and low pressure areas
• Forms between
cold and warm air
masses.
Travels W to E in the
US
Monsoons
are seasonal reversals of wind
patterns that bring extremely heavy
rainfall
• occur due to different heating and
cooling rates between the ocean and
continent
• form because large land areas are cut
off from continental air masses by
mountain ranges and surrounded by
large bodies of water
Monsoons
• Occur in SE Asia and India
• Benefit -the floods from the monsoons
replenish the nutrients in the soil and provide
much needed water to many parts of the
world, electricity and irrigation
• Flooding can damage crops, cause landslides
and destroy economies
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