Circulation of the Atmosphere
              Chapter 7

• Large and Small-Scale Circulation
  • macroscale winds
  • mesoscale winds
  • microscale winds
• Local Winds
  • Sea & Land Breezes
  • Mountain & Valley Breezes
  • Chinook (Foehn) Winds
  • Katabatic (Fall) Winds
  • Country Breezes
• Global Winds
  • Global Circulation on a Non-Rotating Earth
  • Three-Cell Circulation Model
  • Idealized and Observed Distribution of Pressure & Winds
  • Global Winds & Pressure Animation
  • Equatorial Low
    • Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ)
    • Doldrums
  • Subtropical Highs
    • Horse Latitudes
  • Subpolar Lows
    • Prevailing Westerlies (details later)
    • Polar Front
    • Jet Stream
  • Polar Highs
    • Polar Easterlies
  • Shift of Global Wind & Pressure Belts Animation
• Semipermanent Pressure Systems
  • January Pressure & Wind Systems
    • Siberian High
    • North Atlantic (Azores) High
    • Aleutian Low
    • Icelandic Low
  • July Pressure & Wind Systems
    • Bermuda High
• Monsoons
  • Asian Monsoon
    • Winter Monsoon
    • Summer Monsoon
  • North American Monsoon
    • Tucson Climate
  • African Monsoon
• The Westerlies
  • Jet Streams (globe view, cross section): Polar & Subtropical
  • Seasonal Jet Stream Changes
  • Waves in the Westerlies
  • Changes in Jet Stream
  • Jet Stream Animation
  • Westerlies and the Earth's Heat Budget
• Global Winds & Ocean Currents
  • Cold & Warm Ocean Currents
  • Upwellings
  • Southern Oscillation (normal, El Nino)
    • El Nino & La Nina
    • Southern Oscillation Atmospheric Circulation
    • Southern Oscillation - El Nino - Atmospheric Circulation
    • Pacific Ocean 1997–98 El Niño Event
    • El Nino as Explained by Chris Farley
  • Global Distribution of Precipitation
    • Annual
    • July
    • January
    • Characteristics of subtropical high-pressure systems
  • Precipitation Regimes on a Hypothetical Continent