1. Chapter 6 Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations
Geosystems 6e
An Introduction to Physical Geography
Robert W. Christopherson
Charles E. Thomsen

3. Atmospheric and Oceanic Circulations
Wind Essentials  
Driving Forces Within the Atmosphere  
Atmospheric Patterns of Motion  
Oceanic Currents  

4. Wind Essentials Air Pressure and Its Measurement
Mercury barometer
Aneroid barometer
Wind: Description and Measurement  
Wind
Anemometer
Wind vane
Global Winds  

5. Barometers
Figure 6.2

6. Air Pressure Readings
Figure 6.3

7. Wind Vane and Anemometer
Figure 6.4

8. Wind Portrait of the Pacific Ocean
Figure 6.6

9. Driving Forces Within the Atmosphere
Gravity
Pressure Gradient Force  
Coriolis Force  
Friction Force  

10. Pressure Gradient
Figure 6.7

11. Pressure + Coriolis + Friction
Figure 6.8

12. Coriolis Force
Figure 6.9

13. 500 mb Pressure Map
Figure 6.10

14. Atmospheric Patterns of Motion
Primary High-Pressure and Low-Pressure Areas  
Upper Atmospheric Circulation  
Local Winds  
Monsoonal Winds  

15. Global Barometric Pressure
Figure 6.11

16. Global Barometric Pressure
Figure 6.11

17. Primary High-Pressure and Low-Pressure Areas
Equatorial low-pressure trough
Polar high-pressure cells
Subtropical high-pressure cells
Subpolar low-pressure cells

18. Equatorial Low-pressure Trough
Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ)
Trade winds

19. Polar High-pressure Cells
Polar easterlies
Antarctic high

20. Subtropical High-pressure Cells
Westerlies
Bermuda high
Azores high
Pacific high
Figure 6.14

21. Subpolar Low-pressure Cells
Aleutian low
Icelandic low
Polar front

22. General Atmospheric Circulation
Figure 6.13

23. General Atmospheric Circulation
Figure 6.13

24. Constant Isobaric Surface
Figure 6.16

25. Upper Atmospheric Circulation
Rossby waves
Jet stream

26. Rossby Waves
Figure 6.17

27. Jet Streams
Figure 6.18

28. Local Winds
Land-sea breezes
Mountain-valley breezes
Katabatic winds

29. Land-Sea Breezes
Figure 6.19

30. Mountain-Valley breeze
Figure 6.20

31. Monsoonal Winds
Figure 6.21

32. Oceanic Currents
Surface Currents  
Deep Currents  

33. Major Ocean Currents
Figure 6.22

34. Deep Currents
Figure 6.23

35. Geosystems 5e An Introduction to Physical Geography
End of Chapter 6
Geosystems 5e
An Introduction to Physical Geography
Robert W. Christopherson
Charlie Thomsen