SMARTTABLE 6.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF WIND BELTS AND BOUNDA RIES Reglon (north ar south lattade) Nane of wind beltor boundary Doldrums (bounday) Atnospherie preure Characteriation Equetorial (0-5 degroes) Low Light, variatle winds. Abundant cbudiness and much precipitation, Braeding ground for hurricanes. Srong, staady winds, gareraly trom the cast. Light, variatle winds. Dry, ckar, fairweather with itte precipitation. Major dasarts of the world. Winds gareraly trom the west. Brings storms that 5-30 degroes 30 dagross Trade winds (wind bet) Harsa lattudes (boundary) High 30-60 dagross Pravaling wasterles (wind bek) Infuance waather across the Unted States. Polar font (tounday) 0 dagroes 0-90 dagroes Poles (90 degraes) Low Variable winds. Stormy, cloudy waather ysar round. Polar easleries (wind belt) Cold, dy winds generally from the cast. Pokar high pressure (boundary) High Variable winds. Cler, dry, fair conditions, cold temperatures, and minimal preciptaton Cold desarts. Pressara zanes and wind bots in tha Northam and Southam Notica how the ovarall pamwna of atmosphorie prassiron and wind balte mutah Figure 6.12 La HPolar high pressure Polar easteries wind beh ARCTIC OCEAN Homisphores aromiror imagas of anoh orhar. Polar front Jow pressure)L Prevaling westerlies wind belt Horse latitudes (high pressure) ATLANTIC OCEAN NE trade winds wind belt PACIFIC Equatorial doldrums Jow pressure) OCEAN INDIAN SE trade winds wind belt OCEÁN Horse latitudes (high preesure) H H H Prevaling westerlies wind bek Anirdicc Polar front (low pressure)L Polar easterties wind belt Polar high pressure H Figure 6.13 January sea-lovel atmosphorio prossures and global winde. Average atmospheric pressure patem for January. low-pressure zones shown in Figure 6.13 corresponds closely to those shown in High ) and low ) atmospherio pressure zones correapond closely to those shown in Figure d.12 but are modified by seasonal changes and the distribution of continents. Green arrows show the Global wind belts have had a profound effect on ocean explorations (Diving direotion of winds, which move tom high-pressure regions toward Figure 6.12.

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Discuss the patterns or trends that you notice about the global wind belts and boundaries as shown in Figure 6.12 and delineated in Table 6.2.
SMARTTABLE 6.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF WIND BELTS AND BOUNDA RIES
Reglon (north ar south lattade) Nane of wind beltor boundary
Doldrums (bounday)
Atnospherie preure Characteriation
Equetorial (0-5 degroes)
Low
Light, variatle winds. Abundant cbudiness and much
precipitation, Braeding ground for hurricanes.
Srong, staady winds, gareraly trom the cast.
Light, variatle winds. Dry, ckar, fairweather with itte
precipitation. Major dasarts of the world.
Winds gareraly trom the west. Brings storms that
5-30 degroes
30 dagross
Trade winds (wind bet)
Harsa lattudes (boundary)
High
30-60 dagross
Pravaling wasterles (wind bek)
Infuance waather across the Unted States.
Polar font (tounday)
0 dagroes
0-90 dagroes
Poles (90 degraes)
Low
Variable winds. Stormy, cloudy waather ysar round.
Polar easleries (wind belt)
Cold, dy winds generally from the cast.
Pokar high pressure (boundary)
High
Variable winds. Cler, dry, fair conditions, cold
temperatures, and minimal preciptaton Cold desarts.
Transcribed Image Text:SMARTTABLE 6.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF WIND BELTS AND BOUNDA RIES Reglon (north ar south lattade) Nane of wind beltor boundary Doldrums (bounday) Atnospherie preure Characteriation Equetorial (0-5 degroes) Low Light, variatle winds. Abundant cbudiness and much precipitation, Braeding ground for hurricanes. Srong, staady winds, gareraly trom the cast. Light, variatle winds. Dry, ckar, fairweather with itte precipitation. Major dasarts of the world. Winds gareraly trom the west. Brings storms that 5-30 degroes 30 dagross Trade winds (wind bet) Harsa lattudes (boundary) High 30-60 dagross Pravaling wasterles (wind bek) Infuance waather across the Unted States. Polar font (tounday) 0 dagroes 0-90 dagroes Poles (90 degraes) Low Variable winds. Stormy, cloudy waather ysar round. Polar easleries (wind belt) Cold, dy winds generally from the cast. Pokar high pressure (boundary) High Variable winds. Cler, dry, fair conditions, cold temperatures, and minimal preciptaton Cold desarts.
Pressara zanes and wind bots
in tha Northam and Southam
Notica how the ovarall pamwna
of atmosphorie prassiron and
wind balte mutah Figure 6.12
La
HPolar high pressure
Polar easteries wind beh
ARCTIC OCEAN
Homisphores aromiror
imagas of anoh orhar.
Polar front Jow pressure)L
Prevaling westerlies wind belt
Horse latitudes (high pressure)
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
NE trade winds wind belt
PACIFIC
Equatorial doldrums Jow pressure)
OCEAN
INDIAN
SE trade winds wind belt
OCEÁN
Horse latitudes (high preesure) H
H
H
Prevaling westerlies wind bek
Anirdicc
Polar front (low pressure)L
Polar easterties wind belt
Polar high pressure H
Figure 6.13 January sea-lovel atmosphorio prossures and
global winde. Average atmospheric pressure patem for January.
low-pressure zones shown in Figure 6.13 corresponds closely to those shown in High ) and low ) atmospherio pressure zones correapond
closely to those shown in Figure d.12 but are modified by seasonal
changes and the distribution of continents. Green arrows show the
Global wind belts have had a profound effect on ocean explorations (Diving direotion of winds, which move tom high-pressure regions toward
Figure 6.12.
Transcribed Image Text:Pressara zanes and wind bots in tha Northam and Southam Notica how the ovarall pamwna of atmosphorie prassiron and wind balte mutah Figure 6.12 La HPolar high pressure Polar easteries wind beh ARCTIC OCEAN Homisphores aromiror imagas of anoh orhar. Polar front Jow pressure)L Prevaling westerlies wind belt Horse latitudes (high pressure) ATLANTIC OCEAN NE trade winds wind belt PACIFIC Equatorial doldrums Jow pressure) OCEAN INDIAN SE trade winds wind belt OCEÁN Horse latitudes (high preesure) H H H Prevaling westerlies wind bek Anirdicc Polar front (low pressure)L Polar easterties wind belt Polar high pressure H Figure 6.13 January sea-lovel atmosphorio prossures and global winde. Average atmospheric pressure patem for January. low-pressure zones shown in Figure 6.13 corresponds closely to those shown in High ) and low ) atmospherio pressure zones correapond closely to those shown in Figure d.12 but are modified by seasonal changes and the distribution of continents. Green arrows show the Global wind belts have had a profound effect on ocean explorations (Diving direotion of winds, which move tom high-pressure regions toward Figure 6.12.
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