MET-O1 ACTIVITY # 4

NAME: ALREN FRANCIS AGUILAR YEAR & SEC BSMT 1 – MANROPE KNOT
INSTRUCTOR: C/M ELEUTERIO FERNANDEZ DATE: MARCH 12, 2022
Lesson 7 - The wind and pressure system over the ocean.
Answer the following questions as directed (5 pts each).

1. Describe the characteristics and location of the different wind systems and pressure
belts.
- The Earth contains five major wind zones: polar easterlies, westerlies, horse latitudes,
trade winds, and the doldrums. Polar easterlies are dry, cold prevailing winds that blow
from the east. They emanate from the polar highs, areas of high pressure around the
North and South Poles

2. Describe the mean surface pressure and wind distribution over the earth's surface in
January and July.
- Though the Hadley cell is described as located at the equator, in the northern
hemisphere it shifts to higher latitudes in June and July and toward lower latitudes in
December and January, which is the result of the Sun's heating of the surface.

3. Explain the causes of monsoon regimes.

-The monsoon climate is characterized by the seasonal reversal of prevailing winds
between winter and summer, as shown by Ramage (1971) whose map includes the
Philippines and part of the western North Pacific in the Asian monsoon region.

4. Explain the formation of land and sea breezes.

- The land breeze and sea breeze are result of heating differences between land and
water bodies. These are mainly observed in the coastal areas. While land breeze is the
movement of wind from land towards sea, sea breeze is the movement of wind from sea
towards land. Land gets heated and cools faster than water.

5. Explain the formation of anabatic and katabatic winds.

- Katabatic wind, also called downslope wind, or gravity wind, wind that blows down a
slope because of gravity. It occurs at night, when the highlands radiate heat and are
cooled.
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