Due to the fact our Earth spins, the Coriolis Effect gives weird responses to wi

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Due to the fact our Earth spins, the Coriolis Effect gives weird responses to wind fields in pressure fields. By now you should be familiar with contour maps. In a previous homework, the contours were constant heights above sea level. Here the contours represent constant pressures (or isobars). The areas denoted by the Capital H represent High Pressure areas and the areas denoted by the capital L represent Low Pressure areas. If our Earth had no spin, the wind field from Albany, NY to Dallas, TX would be almost a straight line since high pressure always wants to flow directly to low pressure. This is not the case on our Earth. Read the section in Chapter 8 related to the Coriolis Effect to determine how winds would move.

For each of the following cities, fill in which direction the winds are blowing (ie. to the North, to the East, etc.) (9 pts).

Seattle, WA _____________________

Bismarck, ND ___________________

Albany, NY ____________________

Dallas, TX ______________________

Explanation / Answer

Seattle, WA towards South

Bismarck, ND Toward South

Albany, NY towards east

Dallas, TX Towards North

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