Table and Figure List Chapter
10 - Wind: Global Systems
(to see a figure click on its title)
SUBJECT
TITLE
Circulatio
n
Models
Single-Cell Model
Three-Cell Model
Inadequacies in the Simple Three-Cell Model
Today's Low Resolution IR Satellite View of the Pacific Basin
Causes & Effects of Global Circulation
Mean Global Sea-Level Pressures for January and July
Global Precipitation (animation, by month)
Major Surface Ocean Currents or Gyres
The Polar Front Jet Stream
The Subtropical Jet Stream
Current and Near Future Upper-Level Wind Patterns (loop)
Doldrums
Upwelling
Ekman Spiral
August Sea Surface Temperature along the US West Coast
