Understanding the Hadley Cell | The Single Cell Circulation

Published: Aug 25, 2017

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Understanding the Hadley Cell | The Single Cell Circulation
Abstract:

Differential cooling at the Earth’s polar regions then causes the cooled air to sink downwards at the higher latitudes. Hadley said that this air joins the surface westerlies (moving west to east) at the higher latitudes. Friction from the Earth’s surface then causes these winds to be deflected towards the Earth’s equatorial regions.