Overview 10.1 Why We Like Conservation 10.2 What are the important real forces? 10.3 Effects of Earth’s Rotation: Apparent Forces 10.4 Equations of Motion in Spherical Coordinates 10.5 Are all the terms in these equations equally important? Let's use scale analysis. 10.6 Why do weather maps use pressure surfaces instead of height surfaces? 10.7 Natural coordinates are better horizontal coordinates. 10.8 A Closer Look at the Four Force Balances 10.9 See how the gradient wind has a role in weather. 10.10 What does turbulent drag do to horizontal boundary layer flow? 10.11 Why are midlatitude winds mostly westerly (i.e., eastward)? Summary and Final Tasks Book traversal links for Lesson 10: Dynamics – Forces ‹ Summary and Final Tasks Up Overview › Printer-friendly version