How do the Pacific winds and the Arctic winds differ in their impact on climate?

Answer 1

The arctic winds are relatively cold and are spread with ozone gases around the atmosphere where as the pacific winds blow high temperature and high pressure winds.

Answer 2

Trade winds direct the prevailing wind in a somewhat constant direction East across the tropical regions of the globe. The winds affect the amount of moisture an area gets, directing tropical storms and often times resulting in rain shadows. The winds may also help distribute nutrients.

Weather:The winds pick up moisture across the ocean and generally cause the landfall areas to be wet, at least for a season. Such areas include South and Central American rain forests, Caribbean islands, Southeast Asia, and East India. Any mountainous areas generally produce a rain shadow affect; the side facing the prevailing wind (Eastern side) is moist and the side facing away from the wind (Western side) is generally dry. Areas facing diretly into the front of the wind may also be subject to large amount of evaporation (usually along the coastal edges).

Furthermore, the winds move in convection currents that cause areas around the equator to be moister than those areas around 30 degrees north or south. The northeast trade winds fall at 30 degrees north; falling they're dry and create high pressure so it tends not to rain there. They travel along southwest until they meet with the southeast trade winds at the equator (which have been flowing northwest); both winds meet and cause each other to lift up. Being rich in moisture and low in pressure causes it to rain. The now dry air travels north again, this time high in the atmosphere above the moist southern-bound winds. Likewise, the dry southern trade wind air travels south high in the atmosphere. This pattern causes deserts and savannas at 30 degrees north and 30 degrees south, tropical deciduous forest between there and the equator, and tropical rain forests around the equator.

Nutrients:Trade winds even affect the marine climate. For example, recently there has been an outbreak of a fungus that attacks sea sponges alone the Caribbean islands. These sponges provide food for some species of endangered sea turtles. It is theorized that the fungus spores are a result of deforestation in areas of Africa and have been blown along the trade winds from there. Other incidents of coral illness in the Caribbean have been linked to drouts in Africa which may release more traveling dust.

These nutrients, being blown around the globe, may also help forested areas obtain trace amounts of minerals.

Answer 3

Pacific winds, such as the trade winds and westerlies, bring moisture and warm air to the regions they affect, influencing precipitation and temperature patterns. Arctic winds, characterized by polar easterlies and westerlies, carry cold, dry air that can lead to cooler temperatures and less precipitation, affecting the climate of the Arctic regions. Overall, Pacific winds have a milder impact on climate compared to Arctic winds.