Diurnal wind change in local coastal area, also applies on the continental scale While the hadley, ferrel, and polar cells (whose axes are oriented along parallels or latitudes) are the major features of global heat transport, they do not act alone. Mountain and valley breezes are other examples of local winds caused by an area's geography Campers in mountainous areas may feel a warm afternoon quickly change into a cold night soon after the sun sets During the day, the sun warms the air along the mountain slopes This warm air rises up the mountain slopes, creating a valley breeze.
The acronym gcm originally stood for general circulation model Recently, a second meaning came into use, namely global climate model While these do not refer to the same thing, general circulation models are typically the tools used for modeling climate, and hence the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably However, the term global climate model is ambiguous and may refer to an. List of local winds this is a list of names given to winds local to specific regions. The trade winds blow mainly from the northeast in the northern hemisphere and from the southeast in the southern hemisphere, strengthening during the winter and when the arctic oscillation is in its warm phase.
It is the hypothetical vertical wind shear that would exist if the winds obey geostrophic balance in the horizontal, while pressure obeys hydrostatic balance in the vertical.
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