Chapter 19 Test Review Notes
Chapter 19 Test Review Notes

... three-celled model of Earth’s wind patterns. • The circulation at mid-latitudes has been simplified. • Continents and seasons are not taken into account. • Upper-level winds have been simplified. ...
8 - Meteorology - Simone Damiano
8 - Meteorology - Simone Damiano

... Daytime heating along a beach area warms the land and water at different rates. The land heats up much faster than the water does. The land then heats up the air above it. The air becomes less dense and rises. The cooler air over the water moves in to take its place. The heated air eventually cools ...

Pangean megamonsoon

The Pangean megamonsoon refers to the theory that the supercontinent Pangea experienced a distinct seasonal reversal of winds, resulting in extreme transitions between dry and wet periods throughout the year. Pangea was a conglomeration of all the global continental land masses, which lasted from the late Carboniferous through the mid Jurassic. This megamonsoon intensified as the continents continued to shift toward each other, reaching its maximum strength in the Triassic, the period in which continental surface area of Pangea was at its peak.The megamonsoon would have led to immensely arid regions along the equator and the interior regions of the continent. These areas would have been nearly uninhabitable, with extremely hot days and frigid nights. However, the mid-latitude coasts experienced seasonality, transitioning from rainy weather in the summer to dry conditions during the winter.