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    • Latitudinal variation

    • It decreases fromequator to poles

    • But highest

    temperature is notat the equator butat the tropics

    • Reason: high

    rainfall, cloud cover(high albedo/reection ofsunrays

     !emperature "attern of the #cean

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    $emisphericvariation

    •%orthernhemisphere

    &armer thansouthern

    •Reason: largeland mass in

    northernhemisphere 'high energy

     

     !emperature pattern of the #ceans

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    • nclosed seas

    • )arginal seas oftropics &armerthan open #cean

    * marginal seas oftemperate regioncooler than openseas

    • Reason: lessmi+ing of &ater

     !emperature pattern of the #ceans

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    • #cean

    currents

    • armocean

    current '&arminge-ect

    • .old ocean

    currentcoolinge-ect

     !emperature pattern of the #ceans

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    • p0&elling and

    do&0&elling

    • p&elling bringcool &ater from

    depth 'lo&erdo&n the surfacetemp

     !emperature pattern of the #ceans

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    •Bigger thesi3e of ocean0better mi+ingof &ater and

    heat• Lo&er annual

    range

    "aci4c ocean 'lo&er annualrange than5tlantic #cean

    5nnual range of temperature

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    "relims6778

    9 .onsider the follo&ingstatements:

    ; 5nnual range oftemperature is greater in"aci4c ocean than in

    5tlantic ocean6 5nnual range of

    temperature is greater in

    northern hemisphere thatin southern hemisphere

    "

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    "relims6778

    hich of the statement iscorrect=

    a ; only

    b 6 only

    c Both ; and 6

    d %either ; or 6

    5ns B"aci4c #cean ' bettermi+ing

    "

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     !emperature of the ocean

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    • 5mount of salt found in ;777 gm of&ater

    • %acl (8A, )g.l6 (;;, )g, .a

    • %a and .l has high residual time inocean &ater ' very gradual removal '

    thatDs &hy, they remain in thehighest proportion

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    • Irrespective of absolute salinity of the&ater, the proportion of the saltremain same in all parts of the

    oceans

    • 5mount of addition or e+traction offresh &ater compared to salt content

    in the #cean &ater decides absolutesalinity of the #ceans

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    • "hysical removal ' &aves brea2 atthe beaches, salt0spray

    • Biological removal ' marine life formse+tract calcium from sea &ater fortheir bones

    Removal of

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    • 5ddition of fresh &ater EF Rainfall,ino& of large river, melting ofglacier EF less salinity

    • Reduction of fresh &ater EF increasein temperature, high evaporation,&indy (&ind accelerate the

    evaporation

    @ariation in salinity

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    • > ppt ' salinity of 5tlantic #cean

    • 1ead 7 salinity, La2e van(C77, La2e rmia

    • )an seldom dro&ned in sea &ithhigh salinity

    • Because, high salinity E high density

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    • %orthern

    hemisphere '&armer ' highevaporation 'saline

    • But in southern"aci4c0 roaringC7, furious >7and shrin2ing G7screaming 87 'very fast &inds

    • $igh evaporation

    EF high salinity

    "attern in variation of salinity

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    • ;st  0 #cean

    currents

    • &arm oceancurrent li2e,

    highevaporation

    • .old currentled to p0

    &elling: cooler&ater fromdepth come atthe surface EF

    lo& salinity

    Local @ariations in

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    • ?th ' ino& of

    large rivers•  Hanga '

    Brahmaputra o&

    into Bay of Bengal• Bay of Bengal less

    saline than5rabian sea

    Local @ariations in

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    Mississippi in G.ofMexico

    Amu darya, Syr

    darya to Aral sea

    Rivers ino& to the seas

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    Black seaPersian gulf 

    Rivers ino& to the seas

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    • Cth ' glaciers

    • Baltic sea receivefresh &ater from

    melting of glaciers' lo& salinity

    Local @ariations in

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    • quator ' salinity increases &ithdepth upto some layer 'thandecreases &ith depth

    • Beyond equator ' salinity decreases&ith depth

    • @ertical salinity variation of oceans is

    complicated

    • %o uniform layering

    @ertical pattern of salinity

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     !emperature of ocean&ater

    variations

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    • arly atmospherehas $ and $e in

    abundance0lighter gasesescaped

    • 1uring early life ofthe earth 'e+tensivevolcanism0

    degassing %,

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    • ater vapour

    condensed 'clouds ' rainfall'&ashed outbul2 of the .#6

    into #ceans .o6E 77?

    • #+ygen ' fromanaerobicrespiration ofbacteria li2e,.ynobacteria

    #rigin of the 5tmosphere on arth

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    • %, #, $ and 5rgon are permanentgases

    • ater vapour, .o6, o3one 0F variablegases, H$H

    • %, 5rgon ' inert gases

    • 5tmospheric gases0 no chemicalinteraction among them

    •  !hey donDt lose their properties

    •  !hey act as a single uni4ed gas

    "roportion of gases

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    • 7 of

    atmosphere&ithin ?6 2m

    •  !ropopause E

    $eight A 2m atpoles, ;A 2m atequator

    • 5t equator

    cumulonimbusclouds

     !roposphere

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    •  !emperature

    decrease as heightincreases

    •  !ransparent toinsolation

    (short&ave

    • $eated byterrestrial radiation

    (long&ave• H$Hs absorbs long

    &ave terrestrialradiation

    Hreenhouse e-ect in troposphere

    9uestio

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    "relims

    67;6

    9 normally, the temperaturedecreases &ith increase in

    height from the earthDssurface, because,

    ; 5tmosphere can be

    heated up&ard only fromearthDs surface

    6  !here is more moisture in

    upper atmosphere?  !he air is less dense in

    upper atmosphere

    "

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    "relims

    67;6

    a ; only

    b 6 and ?

    c ; and ?

    d ;,6 and ?

    5ns .

    Less dense E lessamount of H$Hs E lo&temp

    "

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    •  !emperatureincreases &ithheight

    •Because ofthe presenceof o3one layer

    • #3one

    absorbs @rays fromisolation

    stratosphere

    9uestio

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    "relims

    67;;

    9 !he Jet aircrafts y veryeasily and smoothly in lo&er

    stratosphere hy=;  !here are no clouds or

    &ater vapour in lo&er

    stratosphere6  !here are no vertical

    &inds in lo&er

    stratosphere

    5ns ; in &rong, 6 is correct

    "

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    •5bsence of H$Hs

    •  !emperaturedecreases &ithheight

    )esosphere

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    )esospheric

    clouds• .louds visible

    at highlatitudes

    • 1uring summerseason

    • .ondensation

    of mi+ture ofmeteoric dustand somemoisture

    %octilucent clouds

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    •  !emperatureincrease &ithheight

    Hases in ionic state' trap insolation 'e+tremely hot

    • But ions are highly

    dispersed• p to A77 2m from

    earth

     !hermosphere

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    • Krom A72m toGC7 2m

    %umber ofionic layers

    • seful inradio0

    communication

    Ionosphere

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    • $igh energy

    sunrays andcosmic raysbrea2 the atomsof air molecules '

    become ionised(*ve charged

    • Behave as free

    particles• 5t night time,

    only cosmic raysioni3ation 0&ea2

    Ionosphere

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    lay

    ers

    #eig#

    t

    $re%u

    ency

    Prese

    nce

    format

    ion1 G70

    72mLK 1ay0

    time70?A72m

    )K,$K

    1aynight

    H FC772 )K, 1ay

    Layers of Ionosphere

    9uestio

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    "relims

    67;;

    9 5 layer in arthDsatmosphere called

    ionosphere facilitates radiocommunication hy=

    ; "resence of o3one cause

    reection of radio &avesto earth

    6 Radio &aves has long

    &avelength

    Both statements are &rong

    "

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    • Beyond GC7 2m

    • $ighly rari4edatmosphere

    • @ery high

    temperature0but di-erentfrom airtemperature0

    because noe+istence of air0temp canDt befelt

    +osphere

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    • Hlo&ing lightsat mid0nightsat high

    latitudes• 5t height of

    e+osphere andmagnetospher

    e

    5urora

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    • sun emit solar&ind/storm fromits corona

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    • .ollision of charged

    particles(isoni3ation inmagnetosphere

    • Ionised particles

    emit light 'releaseenergy

    • charged particlesinteract &ith

    geomagnetic 4eldlines

    •  !hus, visible onhigh latitudes

    5uroras

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    •  !he averagetemperature of theearth ;> degree

    • arth maintains inu+and out0u+ of theenergy, but out0u+ isnot immediate, it haslong time gap !hat is

    &hy, the temperatureis maintained

    $eat budget

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    • Kirst ?>

    absorbed by#3one layer

    •  !hen ;>by cloud

    cover• #nly >7

    energyreached tothe earthsurface

    $eat budget 0 Incoming

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    • 67 is lost in

    latent heat ofevaporation;7 lost insensible heat

    (temperature ofthe body

    • ;> absorbed

    by H$Hs• Remaining >

    &as released inthe space

    $eat budget 0 outgoing

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    • Ratio bet&een thetotal solar radiationfalling upon asurface and theamount reected

    • Represents as

    • arthDs avg 5lbedo

    E ?>• Lo&est0 dar2 soil

    •  highest 0 sno&fall

    5lbedo

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    surface AledoKresh

    sno&

    A707

    1esert ?>0C>

    Hrasses 6G.rops ;>

    Bri 2 0 ; 06

    5lbedo 0 table

    9 hi h f th f ll i 9uestio

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    "relims

    67;7

    9 hich one of the follo&ingreect bac2 more sunlight as

    compared to other three=a sandy desert

    b "addy crops

    c Land covered &ith freshsno&

    d "rairie land

    5ns .

    "

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    !ori"ontal

    &hen there is pressuregradient

    • from high pressure tolo& pressure EFadvection

    &hen air get &arm,gets e+pands,becomes lighter EFmove up&ards EFconvection

    &ertical

    )ovement of air

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    • hen air gets

    hotter thansurrounding air, itrises up&ard

    • If it has moisture 0latent heat ofcondensation 'more heated ' &ill

    go up 0 formclouds 0can bringrainfall Einstability

    @ertical movement of air 0 instability

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    • hen air is coolerthan surrounding 'it cannot move

    up&ard•  sin2ing air

    •  atmosphericstability or anti0

    cyclonic condition• $igh pressure on

    ground

    @ertical movement of air 0 stability

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    Lo& pressure ' $igh pressure

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    •  !he rate at &hich airpac2et cools &hilerising

    • 5vg adiabatic lapserate is GC degree/2m

    •  !hat is air pac2etgets cool by GCdegree aftercovering one 2mup&ard

    5diabatic lapse rate

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    • if air pac2et has highmoisture content0 notget cool so fast

    • Its adiabatic lapserate MGC degree/2mN C degree/2m EF5LR

    • et air can reachhigher distances &ithlo& lapse rate EFcreate instability

    et adiabatic lapse rate

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    • If air pac2et is dry,

    it does not havemuch moisture, it&ill get cool veryfast )ore thanGC degree/2m 'li2e, ;7degree/2m

    •1ry air createstable condition

    1ry 5diabatic Lapse rate

    .onditions of stability and

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    situation condition

    .onditionalstability

     &hen &et5LRM normal

    5LR M dry 5LR5bsolute

    stability

    &hen normal

    5LRM &et 5LRM 1ry 5LR

    .onditions of stability andInstability

     increasing

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    increasingheight

    temperature of airdecreasing,but reverseis

    happenedthan it iscalled

    tem eratur

     !emperature Inversion

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    • ;st

    • 5t !ropopause' temperaturestartsincreasingfrom here

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    • 6nd 

    • 5 cool &internight, the airabove the coldsurface gets cool

    • But the air layerabove that coollayer is till

    &armer !hen, bygoing up&ard, airdoes not getcooler but &armer

    + #f temperature Inversion

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    • ?th

    • @alley inversion• &inter ' cool air

    descends tovalley

    • plift the &armair of valley

    • 1escending

    cool air0damage crops0frost

    + #f temperature Inversion

    Implications of temperature

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    $ormation

    of fog

    'arm air cooled

    y cold airelo( )condensation )

    tiny (aterdroplets* lo(&isiility

    Kormation offrost

    ater moisturefro3en &ithcontact cold

    surface0 dama e

    Implications of temperatureinversion

    9 hat do you9uestio

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    mains67;?

    9 hat do youunderstand by

    phenomenon ofOtemperature inversionP

    in meteorology= $o&does it a-ect &eatherand habitants of the

    place= (>

    "

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    Condensation of(ater droplet +esult

    5t heights .louds

    5t lo&er level Kog

    on the cold

    surface

    1e&

    drop !urn into ice

    crystal in e+treme

    Krost

    .ondensation of &ater droplets

    f f i f f

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    Ad&ection

    Mo&ing of (armair o&er cold

    Radiat

    ion

    inter nights '

    loss of heat dueto terrestial

    radiation ' coldsurface )oving of

    &arm air over

    Reason for formation of fog

    1 i l l f i ibili

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    1ecreasing level of visibility

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    fog

    ater dropletcondensed around adust particle

    • It reduces thevisibility, damage thecrops

    • ater droplet

    condensed around aparticle of pollutant,li2e

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    9 "hotochemical smog is 9uestio

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    "relims

    67;?

    9 "hotochemical smog isresultant of reaction among

    a %#6, #? and pero+yacetylnitrate in the presence ofsunlight

    b .#6, #6 and pero+yacetyl

    nitrate in the presence ofsunlight

    c .#,.#6 and %#6 at lo&

    temperatured $igh concentration of %#6,

    #? and .# in the evening

    "

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    "relims

    67;?

    "hotochemical smog:

    %#6, #3one * sunlight

    5ns 5

    "

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    evaporationprecipitation

    ti

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    ; $igh temperature

    6 L" conditions

    ? Kast moving &ind• ater vapour

    evaporate from the&ater body

    • vaporation addsmoisture in the air

    vaporation

    $ idit

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    Asolute !umidity

    • eight of &atervapour in unit volumeof moist air

    • eight of &atervapour per unit &eightof dry air

    Specic !umidity

    $umidity

    " i it ti

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    • "recipitation ' &henair is saturated &ith&ater vapour and anye+tra addition result

    in precipitationRelative $umidity:

    • 5mount of &atervapour present in air

    ' to amount of &atervapour required forsaturation

    • "recipitationdepends upontemperature andmoisture content ofthe air

    • $ot air ' saturationreach &ith more

    moisture contentthan cold air

    "recipitation

    ! f l d

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     !ypes of clouds

    ! f i f ll

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    Con&ectional rainfall

    Orograp#ic rainfall

     !ypes of rainfall

    ! f i f ll

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    Cyclonic rainfall

    $rontal rainfall

     !ypes of rainfall

    " t f th ld

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    • ntire earth is divided into C large pressurebelts

    • In reality, belts are not continuous butpoc2ets of lo& and high pressure

    • But pressure can be created throughthermal or dynamic reasons

    •  !hermal: high temperatureEF L", lo&

    temperature EF $"• 1ynamic: air rises EF L", air descends EF

    $"

    "ressure system of the &orld

    " t f th ld

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    • C belts:

    • equatorial lo&pressure belt

    • sub0tropical

    high pressurebelt

    •  sub0polar lo&pressure belt

    • "olar $ighpressure area

    "ressure system of the &orld

    quatorial L" belt

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    quatorial L" belt

    • .onstant insolation• 5ir gets &arm 0L"

    • 5ir move up&ard

    0F cloud formation0F instability 0Frain in the eveningdaily

    • .umulonimbusclouds

    • .onvectional

    rainfall

    quatorial L" belt

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    quatorial L" belt

    • 5bsence ofadvection of air

    • Belt of calm /

    1oldrum• Because light,

    feeble &inds 0calm region

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    •  !he air above

    equator moveto&ards pole, butcoriolis force 0 theirpath get deected

    • !he length of pathincreases !heirenergy reduced inmid0path 0cooled

    air subside near ?70C7 deg latitude

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    • Krom the pole, cold

    &inds moveto&ards equator

    •  !he both &armand cold &inds

    collide, the &armer&inds from

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    • 5ir risen at

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    ind system of the &orld

    "lanetary &inds

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    • &inds blo&ing at

    the same directionthroughout the year

    • cover largedistances

    • $ori3ontalmovement,"ressure beltsystem provide

    them the pressuregradient

    • .orilis force modifytheir direction

    "lanetary &inds

    !h i d!rade &inds

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    •  !he &inds moveto&ards equatorial

    lo& pressure EI!.

    • I!. ' intertropicalconvergence3one, &here &indconverges

     !heir direction iseast to &est dueto coriolis force

     !rade &inds

    !ropical deserts and trade &inds

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    •  !ropical

    easterlies o&s'east to &est

    • ind becomesdry &hen they

    reaches the&estern coast ofthe continents

    • #- 'shore trade

    &inds•  !rade &ind

    deserts

     

     !ropical deserts and trade &inds

    !ropical desert and cold currents

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    6nd• .old currents

    providedesiccating

    e-ect to trade&ind deserts

    • .old current

    o& on&esternmargins ofcontinents

     !ropical desert and cold currents

    9 )aJor hot deserts in9uestio

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    )ains67;?

    9 Jnorthern hemisphere

    are located bet&een670?7 degree %orthlatitudes and on the&estern side of thecontinents hy= (;7

    "

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    • Krom &est to east

    • Krom

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    • Krom &est to east

    Krom

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    "relims

    67;;

    hemisphere are stronger andpersistent than northern

    hemisphere hy=

    ;

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    • Krom east to&est

    • Krom poles to

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    Summer

    'inter

    5pparent movement of the sun

    movement of the pressure system

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    Summer

    'inter

    movement of the pressure system

    ind system of the &orld

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    ind system of the &orld

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    • )onsoon &inds:

    seasonal reversalof &inds

    • Keature oftropical latitude

    • In &inter ' trade&ind blo&s northto south, insummer ' trade

    &ind blo&s southto north Sbut inlimited areaT

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    • 1ue to apparentnorth&ardmovement of thesun in summer

     !hus, the I!. (L"also moves up&ard

    •  !hus, the area &hich&as under northerntrade &inds in&inter, &ill come

    under southern trade&inds in the summer

    )onson &inds

    ind system of the &orld

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    ind system of the &orld

    Local &inds : mountains &inds

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    Cold (ind

    country

    (ind

    Hreece

    Hragale

    Italy !remonta

    Mountains

    'ind

    5lps Kohn

    Roc2ies

    .hinoo2

    5ndes on

    'arm (inds

    Local &inds : mountains &inds

    Local &inds : land

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    Cold (ind- land

    • $" condition in &inter

    • 1ivergence of cold air

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    summer

    • $ot0dusty &ind E QlooD

    states 'ind

    Bihar,

    B,5ssam

    Ualbais

    ha2hi

    U% Blosso

    msho&er

    UR )ango

    Pre*monsoont#understorm

    Local &inds: India

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    )ountain bree3e

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    • 1uring night

    time: top getscooler thanvalley E $",valley EL"

    • ind move hill0top to valley EFmountain bree3e

    • 5griculture '

    frost bite, chill inhabitation in thevalley

    )ountain bree3e

    • 1uring day@alley bree3e

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    • 1uring daytime: top

    gets &armerthan valleyE L", valleyE $"

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    Land bree3es

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    Land bree3es

    1i-erentialcooling of landand &ater

    • 1uring night:

    • land cooler E$",

    • &ater EL"

    • ind move land

    to &ater EF landbree3e

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    &orld

    "lanetary &ind system@ariable &inds

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    • 5roundtropopause, there

    is only onegradient

    • ind accumulatedabove equatorand rari4edatmosphere abovepoles

    $" at the equatorand L" at thepoles

    pper tropospheric &inds

    Heo0strophic &inds

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    • strong coriolis

    force attropopause

    • Because friction isless 0 high speed 0

    stronger thecoriolis force

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    esterlies &inds•  !he upper

    tropospheric &inds /geo0strophic

    &inds blo&from &estto east at

    the veryhigh speed

    Rossby &aves

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    • esterlies at

    poles ' tomaintain theangularmomentum0 they

    meander EFRossby &aves

    • Rossby &aves donot meander

    consistently, butfollo& a cycle EInde+ cycle

    ossby a es

     Vet streams

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    In &esterlies,there are strong,narro& bands ofhigh speed &ind

    EF Vet stream•

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    •  !here are

    situated at themargins ofmeridional cells

    C permanent Vet streams: 6"olar Vet and 6V

    / t Vet streams

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    Permanent et stream

    /emporary etstream

    V

    • Vet stream Vet streams

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    •  Vet streamembedded in

    &esterlies(Rossby &avesat highlatitude, causepressurevariability

    •  !hatDs &hy

    they are calledtravellingdepression

    V

     Vet

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    V g p

    eather of )id and high latitude

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    • eather of higher latitude is more comple+than &eather of equatorial or tropical regions

    • Because tropical and equatorial region areheat surplus region' thermal reasons play

    the dominant role• But higher latitude are heat de4cit region '

    dynamic reasons play dominant role

     !hese include ' localised * upper0tropospheric circulations (Rossby &aves, Vetstreams, temperate cyclones

    g

    5ir mass

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    • Large e+tensive bodyof air0mass

    (;777sq2m

    • $eight upto !ropopause

    • 5t particular height,

    one air mass &ill haveuniform temperatureand moisture across its&idth

    5irmasses can bedi-erentiate accordingto their temperatureand moisture content

    5i i d5ir mass

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    • 5ir mass acquiredproperties fromthe source regions' land, marine,polar, arctic,

    5ntarctic E givethem identity +m", c!

    • +tensive

    homogeneoussurface * longerstay ($"

    5ir masses

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    • 5ir masses do notstay at theirsource regionsforever, they

    move out hilemoving they cameacross other airmasses

    Kront

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    •  !he relativedi-erence bet&eentemperature andmoisture decide

    their interaction&ith one another

    •  !he border/

    meeting region ofthe t&o air0massEF Kront

    If cold air mass.old front

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    • If cold air massmove faster thanthe other than it &illlift the &armer oneup&ard EF coldfront

    •  the slope &ill besteep E there &illbe sudden up0liftment of the &armair E cumulonimbusclouds Efrontalrainfall

    If iarm front

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    • If &armer airmass is moreactive than coldfront EF &armfront

    slope &ill begentler E there&onDt be suddenup0liftment of

    &arm air Euniformprolonged rain 'dri33le

    Kronts

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    Krontal cyclone

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    • 5lso called ase+tra0tropicalcyclone,travelling

    depressions,cold0corecyclone,&ave

    cyclones

    )eaning of cyclone

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    ; Intense L" system

    6 5ir converges to&ards thecentre

    ? .losed isobarsC In %orthern hemisphere

    convergence ' anti0cloc2&ise

    Isobar

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    Normal isoar

    Closed isoar

    .onditions for L"

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    /#ermally induced

    Because of hightemperature

    • + L" at equator

    • .onvectional rainfall

    at equator

    pliftment of &arm air• + L" at sub0polar L"

    belt

    • Krontal rainfall

    0ynamically induced

    ) t f1evelopment of Krontal cyclone

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    • )ovement of

    airmasses fromtheir source region

    •  !he &arm andcold air mass face

    each other• 5 front is created

    bet&een them

    .alled

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    1ocation of air

    masses

    Circular mo&ement

    • .old air mass1evelopment of Krontal cyclone

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    • .old air mass

    pushed the &armair mass

    • Korced upliftmentof &arm air mass

    at the cold frontEL"

    •  !&o cold air massconvergence 'circular due tocoriolis force

    )ature stage

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    2nteraction of air

    masses

    1P ) closed isoars

    • #ne cold air mass#ccluded front

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    •  #ne cold air massclimb over othercold air mass'&armfront is destroyed

    • .alled occluded

    front• Rapid change in

    temperature andpressure

    • nstable &eatherconditions

    • Krontolysis '1issipation of frontal cyclone

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    no great

    temperaturedi-erencebet&een t&ocold air

    masses 'frontdissipated 'L" reduced 'cyclonedissipated

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    #ccludedfront

    $rontolysis

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    "ath of the temperate cyclone

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    • 5l&ays &est toeast direction

    • Because inuence

    of the &etserlies• Hradual

    movement0"redictable

    &eather

    1istribution of temperate cyclones

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    $urricane '% !ropical cyclone

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    $urricane '%5merica

     !yphoon 0 .hina

    • Late summer

    • Increased sea

    surfacetemperature E L"

    • .onvergence of airaround L" 3one

    • Rising moist (&etair EF absoluteinstability

     !ropical cyclone

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    •.loud formationEmore and moremoisture ' latentheat of evaporation

    EF cumulo nimbuscloud EF cyclone

    • .oriolis force

    induce spiralmovement of air

    • Intensi4cation of

    )ature !ropical cyclone

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    • Intensi4cation of

    L"• .onverging air

    near &atersurface

    • .irculating airrises above(coriolis force

    1iverging air atthe top ofcyclone

    h f h

    ye of the tropical cyclone

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    • 5t the centre of the

    cyclone ' QeyeD of thetropical cyclone

    •  It is a pressuredefect Because, atQeyeD a narro&

    stream of &inddescend E is $" atQeyeD

    • 5t the eye, there is

    clear s2y• Beyond eye &all '

    e+treme lo& pressure

    "roperties of tropical cyclones

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    )ove s&iftly• It is fuelled by

    moisture ' so&hen cyclone is

    cut0o- from seaand moveto&ards land ' itstarts

    &ea2ening

    1istribution of tropical cyclone

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    comparison

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    /emperate cyclone

    • ?70C7 degree latitude

    • 1ynamically induced

    1ue to frontalinteraction

    • Kormed over largearea

    )ove &est to east• Hradual movement '

    predictable

    • A067 degree latitude

    •  !hermally induced

    • 1ue to increasing •

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    /emperate cyclone

    • ind speed C70>72mph

    • "ressure gradient A7mb

    • "o&erful on land

    • 5-ect mainland

    • )ore time to dissipate

    • ind speed F;672mph

    "ressure gradientMAA7 mb

    • ea2ens on land

    • 5-ect only coastalareas

    • 9uic2ly dissipate aftercoming on land

    /ropical cyclone

    9 !ropical cyclones arelargely con4ned to

    9uestion

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    )ains

    67;C

    largely con4ned to

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    &ater

    6 arm oceancurrents

    ? Increase C !ropicalcyclonemove east to&est

    > Landmass on&esterncoast

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