Global Circulation

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Global Circulation
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Global wind field - January
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Global wind field - July
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Pressure surfaces
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Polar Cell
Ferrel Cell
Hadley Cell
ITCZ
Early model of global circulation. NB There is
little evidence for the Polar and Ferrel cells in
the real atmosphere
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Hadley cell
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Pressure driven surface winds
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Global Circulation
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ITCZ (Inter Tropical Convergence Zone)
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Tropical Wet Climate
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Desert Climate
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Tropical Wet and Dry
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Rossby Waves
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Tropopause variation with latitude
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Jet stream wind field and temperatures
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Isotachs and isotherms
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Current circulation model