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If your back is to the wind in the northern hemisphere the high pressure area is usually?
to your right.
Where are taiga regions located in the world?
They can be found in the high northern hemisphere. eg North America and Eurasia.
What are air masses known as?
Air masses in the earth's troposphere are generally known as high pressure systems or low pressure systems, with frontal boundaries between them. Other descriptions could be applied, such as a warm air mass or a cold air mass, a dry air mass or a humid one. The boundaries between air masses can often cause storms and/or high winds. In the northern hemisphere, they generally have a slow movement from west to east. However, some can be "stubborn" and sit for a while, right where they are. Sometimes, these "stubborn" systems can prevent different weather from moving into an area. For example, it's very common, in the summer, for a high pressure system to sit over a certain area for an extended period of time. This can cause unusually high temperatures and drought. Air masses are also distinguished by whether they are maritime (taking primary formation over seas) or continental (taking shape over land masses). Humidity also plays a factor. For more complete information, see the link in "Related links" below.
Why there are global high-pressure belts on Earth?
This is because the air around the equator gets heated and rises, forming a low pressure system which extends from 0- 10 degrees N and S. The air then moves out of these lows towards the poles, resulting in high pressure systems around the lower latitudes (around 20 degrees N and S), causing the desert systems in Australia and Africa. The air once again moves out of these high pressure belts to the next low pressure belt, which is located around 60 degrees N and S. These bring the rains to northern Europe and heavy snowfall and precipitation to the Antarctic coast. Lastly, the polar high pressure belt is locates at around 90 degrees N and S, which is why Antarctica is classified as a desert. So the reason for all this is because the warmth of the equator causes air to rise, forming a low. The air then sinks, forming a high. As the air moves out of the high, it rises as it has been heated by the land, and forms the next belt of low pressure systems. Finally, the polar highs are caused as the air moves out of the lows and sinks. There is more to this, including the Coriolis effect which causes winds and is due to the rotation of the E arth, however I don't understand that either :) Sources: geography classes
What is anticyclone in geography?
anticyclone is an area of high air pressure that causes calm weather in the place it is moving over
What rotation of air do high pressure systems have?
The rotation of high-pressure systems is anticyclonic: clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Which Wind direction in a high pressure system in the southern hemisphere?
High pressure systems turn anti clockwise in the southern hemisphere and clockwise in the northern hemisphere
Do high pressure systems move clockwise or counterclockwise?
In the northern hemisphere wind blow around high-pressure systems in a clockwise direction. In the southern hemisphere, the wind blow is in the opposite (anticlockwise) direction.
Which direction does the wind blow in a low and a high pressure system?
It would blow from the mass of high pressure to the mass of low pressure.Answer 2Looking down from a satellite, the northern hemisphere high pressure systems move in a clockwise direction and anticlockwise in the southern hemisphere.Low pressure systems are the reverse of these, IE clockwise in the southern hemisphere and anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere.
In the northern hemisphere high pressure systems rotate?
rotates in CL(Ck wise direction
Which way does a high pressure rotate?
High air pressure systems spin clockwise.
What is Buys Ballot's law?
The law states how the location of pressure systems can be deduced from the wind direction in the Northern Hemisphere. "If one stands with his back to the wind, atmospheric pressure is higher to his right and lower to his left" (restated: a high pressure system may be to your right, or a low pressure system to your left). This is because in the Northern Hemisphere, the rotation of high pressure systems is clockwise and in low pressure systems, it is counterclockwise.
How does air move in the low and pressure systems?
Air flows counterclockwise and inward for all low pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise and inward in the Southern Hemisphere. And high pressure systems flow clockwise and outward in the Northern Hemisphere and in the Southern Hemisphere they flow counterclockwise and outward. On weather maps a high is represented as a capital H and is blue, while a low is represented as a capital L and is red.
The wind appears to travel clockwise around high pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in southern Hemisphere. What phenomenon does this describe?
It's the Coriolis Effect.
The wind appears to travel clockwise around high pressure systems in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. What phenomenon does this describe?
It's the Coriolis Effect.
Where does the wind in a high pressure system turn?
Remember this, high pressure systems usually go outwards, into low pressure systems in order to create an equilibrium. In the northern hemisphere, the high pressure wind turns right due to the coriolis effect, and opposite in the south.
In the Northern Hemisphere winds associated with a high-pressure system blow .?
In the northern hemisphere, winds associated with a high-pressure system blow clockwise towards the center.
