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Wh air?
y?
What
temperature
is this air?
Why?
latitudes
have
warm/cold
air
because...
High
latitudes
have
warm/cold
air
Circulation means.... (5
words)
Atmos
pheric
movem
circula
ent of
tion=
air aro
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peratu
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Study the
model
carefully!
SOLAR ENERGY
SOLAR ENERGY
Intensely cold,
dense air sinks at
the poles, then
blows as surface
winds towards the
Equator.
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Hadley Cell
Hadley Cell
Ferrel Cell
Polar Cell
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Ferrel
Cell
Hadley
Cell
SUN OVERHEAD 23S
The cells shift
southwards as the
heat equator is in the
southern hemisphere.
Hadley
Cell
Ferrel
Cell
Polar Cell
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Polar Cell
Ferrel
Cell
Hadley
Cell
SUN OVERHEAD 23N
Hadley
The cells shift
Cell
northwards as the heat
equator is in the
northern hemisphere.
Ferrel
Cell
Polar Cell
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