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How Does Atmospheric Circulation Affect Rainfall?

Julius Busecke

Graduate Research Assistant
Columbia University

Julius Busecke is a Ph.D. candidate at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University. He received his B.Sc. from the University of Kiel, Germany in 2010. His interests include the ocean's role in the global freshwater cycle, mixing and transport by ocean eddies, and the influence of ocean eddies on the oceanic surface variability.

Webinar Clip
The exchange of heat and freshwater between the atmosphere and land surface results in unique rainfall patterns at different degrees of latitude. In this video, Julius Busecke explains how these rainfall patterns create tropical and desert regions. He also points out that the same processes creating deserts and tropical regions on land happen simultaneously over the ocean, creating areas of highly saline water and areas of relatively low saline water.

Full webinar: Changes In Latitude

Click here for a transcript of this clip (PDF, 42.9 KB).

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