Скачать или смотреть The polar vortex - Crash Course #4

Part 4 of my Crash Course in Atmospheric Physics. In this video we explain why the poles are so cold, why this means there's a vortex there, why the stratospheric vortex is so intense, and why its all important.
If you would like to support this series you can do so on Konoz: https://konoz.io/courses/56269e8b78c6... :)

Previous video:    • Radiation and Ozone - Crash Course #3  

In this series we will cover:
Introduction to the atmosphere
Radiation concepts
Air parcels
Stability in the atmosphere
Thermal concepts and the first law of thermodynamics
Absorption and emission spectra
The stratospheric polar vortex
Global warming
Geoengineering

Next video:    • Sudden Stratospheric Warmings - Crash Cour...  
Series playlist:    • Crash Course in Atmospheric Physics  

Further reading
A good textbook for this whole series is "Atmospheric Science - An introductory survey" by Wallace and Hobbs.
A much more technical look at atmospheric radiation: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmo...
A little more information on thermal radiation: http://www.eumetrain.org/data/3/36/na...
A bit more on why the poles are cold (also includes a discussion of albedo): http://www.educapoles.org/multimedia/...
More on cyclones/anticyclones: http://www.scienceclarified.com/Co-Di...
A more technical look at the thermal wind: http://www.met.wau.nl/education/atmos...
For more information on the polar vortex, this is a review scientific paper http://www.columbia.edu/~lmp/paps/wau... (technical!)

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