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Polar high Subpolar low Polar easterlies Ferrel cell 60° Ferrel cell Subtropical high Polar front PA 30° Figure 8.15 Global air cir- Hadley cll Westerlies Hadley cell culation as described in the six-cell circulation model. Subtropical high As shown in Figure 8.10, air rises at the equator and falls at the poles. But in- stead of one great circuit in each hemisphere from equa- tor to pole, there are three in each hemisphere. Note the Equatorial low NE trade winds Hadley Hadley cell cell 0° Doldrums, ITCZ Subtropical high influence of the Coriolis effect SE trade Ferrel cll on wind direction. The circulation winds shown here is ideal-that is, a long- Subtropical high term average of wind flow. (Contrast this view with Figure 8.18, an excerpt from a computer simulation of true atmospheric flow.) Ferrel cll GujuJeajobebua) e

Polar high Subpolar low Polar easterlies Ferrel cell 60° Ferrel cell Subtropical high Polar front PA 30° Figure 8.15 Global air cir- Hadley cll Westerlies Hadley cell culation as described in the six-cell circulation model. Subtropical high As shown in Figure 8.10, air rises at the equator and falls at the poles. But in- stead of one great circuit in each hemisphere from equa- tor to pole, there are three in each hemisphere. Note the Equatorial low NE trade winds Hadley Hadley cell cell 0° Doldrums, ITCZ Subtropical high influence of the Coriolis effect SE trade Ferrel cll on wind direction. The circulation winds shown here is ideal-that is, a long- Subtropical high term average of wind flow. (Contrast this view with Figure 8.18, an excerpt from a computer simulation of true atmospheric flow.) Ferrel cll GujuJeajobebua) e

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Draw the general pattern for the atmospheric circulation of the Northern Hemisphere (without looking at as shown). Now locate these features: the doldrums (or ITCZ), the horse latitudes, the prevailing westerlies, and the trade winds.

Polar high Subpolar low Polar easterlies Ferrel cell 60° Ferrel cell Subtropical high Polar front PA 30° Figure 8.15 Global air cir- Hadley cll Westerlies Hadley cell culation as described in the six-cell circulation model. Subtropical high As shown in Figure 8.10, air rises at the equator and falls at the poles. But in- stead of one great circuit in each hemisphere from equa- tor to pole, there are three in each hemisphere. Note the Equatorial low NE trade winds Hadley Hadley cell cell 0° Doldrums, ITCZ Subtropical high influence of the Coriolis effect SE trade Ferrel cll on wind direction. The circulation winds shown here is ideal-that is, a long- Subtropical high term average of wind flow. (Contrast this view with Figure 8.18, an excerpt from a computer simulation of true atmospheric flow.) Ferrel cll GujuJeajobebua) e
Transcribed Image Text:Polar high Subpolar low Polar easterlies Ferrel cell 60° Ferrel cell Subtropical high Polar front PA 30° Figure 8.15 Global air cir- Hadley cll Westerlies Hadley cell culation as described in the six-cell circulation model. Subtropical high As shown in Figure 8.10, air rises at the equator and falls at the poles. But in- stead of one great circuit in each hemisphere from equa- tor to pole, there are three in each hemisphere. Note the Equatorial low NE trade winds Hadley Hadley cell cell 0° Doldrums, ITCZ Subtropical high influence of the Coriolis effect SE trade Ferrel cll on wind direction. The circulation winds shown here is ideal-that is, a long- Subtropical high term average of wind flow. (Contrast this view with Figure 8.18, an excerpt from a computer simulation of true atmospheric flow.) Ferrel cll GujuJeajobebua) e
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