Print - Overview
- 10.1 Why We Like Conservation
- 10.2 What are the important real forces?
- 10.3 Effects of Earth’s Rotation: Apparent Forces
- 10.4 Equations of Motion in Spherical Coordinates
- 10.5 Are all the terms in these equations equally important? Let's use scale analysis.
- 10.6 Why do weather maps use pressure surfaces instead of height surfaces?
- 10.7 Natural coordinates are better horizontal coordinates.
- 10.8 A Closer Look at the Four Force Balances
- 10.9 See how the gradient wind has a role in weather.
- 10.10 What does turbulent drag do to horizontal boundary layer flow?
- 10.11 Why are midlatitude winds mostly westerly (i.e., eastward)?
- Summary and Final Tasks