Question Q.13DiscussGS1GS1
What are 'atmospheric rivers'? How do they influence global weather patterns and impact human settlements? (15 marks, 250 words)
Introduction
Atmospheric rivers refer to atmospherically connected patterns which drive the global atmosphere depending on feedback mechanism from a place.
19 words
Main Body
They influence global patterns =>
1feedback loop -
[diagram description: morehigh albedo effectmore snow melting to polesreduced snow cover]
2drives atmosphere
[triangle symbol] Jet Global Jetstreams like Canary Jetstream bring jet stream into Spain
3El Nino and La Nina => effect reduced or moderated by
the Pacific Decadal oscillation on the Indian Ocean Dipole.
4affect on human settlement =>
flooding => Spain
cloud burst => Uttarkhand, Kedarnath floods
heat waves => Europe, 2024
increasing susceptibility → diseases linked to mosquitoes etc.
95 words6 paragraphs4 bullet points
Diagram
Feedback loop showing: more albedo effect → high albedo object → more snow melting in poles → reduced snow cover
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- Good use of examples
- Links local impacts to global phenomena
- Clear cause-effect structure
Topper
Rishabh Yadav
AIR 132
Subject & Paper
GS1GS1
Topic
Salient features of World's Physical Geography
Geophysical Phenomena
Atmospheric Rivers
Writing Stats
114
Total words
6
Paragraphs
4
Bullets