Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Global and Local Winds in Japan

            The latitude and longitude of Japan is 35.6833 degrees N, 139.7667 degrees E. The Hemisphere that Japan is located in is mostly the Northern Hemisphere and some of Eastern Hemisphere. In which of the three "atmospheric cell" that Japan reside is the Ferrell Cell. The wind belt that Japan reside on this the westerlies. The direction the wind (westerlies) actually blow from horse latitudes to poles. Japan is located near a main pressure belt. It located Sanbagawa belt, its a world's classical high pressure belt. Japan is located near the horse latitudes. The horse latitudes is located in 25 degrees N to 30 degrees N and Japan is located 35.6833 degrees N so its very close to the horse latitudes.


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             Japan is located in the Ferrell Cell, which is the coordinates 30 degrees N to 60 degrees N. The Ferrell Cell has a net surface that flows toward the poles. The poles are very close to Japan and the polar fronts too. The winds that are located in this cell is called the westerlies. The westerlies are bend to the west because of the Coriolis force. There's many cyclones located in this cell. And the westerlies are the ones that directed them. The wind blows east to west, so it has windward winds and the winds are sinking. Japan gets a lot of clouds and precipitation because of the moist location they are located in. Japan has similar weather and climates to United States because it depends where you live in Japan to have cold weather or hot weather, just like United States.

             Japan does have mountains, there's Mount Fuji, Mount Kita, Mount Aino and many more. The five types of breezes that are associated with mountains are mountain breeze, valley breeze, Chinook winds, Santa Ana winds, and Katabatic winds. My country can experiences mountain breeze and valley breeze. Mountain breeze is the raditional cooling of the valley walls and it happens during night time. The valley breeze is when the sun warms the valley walls and it happens during day time.
My country does have a coastline, its pretty much surrounded by water. The two breezes that associates with the coastlines are land breeze and seas breeze. Yes, Japan can experience both of these breezes.
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1 comment:

  1. Great Blog!! Japan and Greenland have many different characteristics to them. For one, Greenland is in the Polar Cell, and Japan is in the Ferrell Cell. This results in the forming of the Polar Front. Both of our countries share land and sea breezes. However, the temperatures are much colder in Greenlend. Awesome photo of the mountain!!!

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