Question

Where on Earth’s surface might you be if you are experiencing the trade winds? Explain how air pressure, temperature, and the Coriolis effect influence the movement and direction of these winds.

Answer 1

The trade winds blow predominantly 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...1. always wind flows from higher to lower pressure...2. it will flow from the region where temperature is higher to the low temperature region...and as far as coriolis effect is concerned..High pressure systems rotate in a direction such that the Coriolis force will be directed radially inwards, and nearly balanced by the outwardly radial pressure gradient. This direction is clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the southern hemisphere. Low pressure systems rotate in the opposite direction, so that the Coriolis force is directed radially outward and nearly balances an inwardly radial pressure gradient. In each case a slight imbalance between the Coriolis force and the pressure gradient accounts for the radially inward acceleration of the system's circular motion.

Answer 2

I wish you would have written that in an understandable way :0

Answer 3

At the area around the equator, air gets very hot due to the sunshine. It goes up and has to flow away from the equator. [ At that time the air has the speed of a point on the equator: 40000km/24h. When it flows to higher latitudes, it thus has more speed than a point there: because a parallel at, say 40
degrees has a much smaller circumference than 40000km, its speed is also smaller, because it still takes 24 hours to get round.