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Hadley cell

Appears in 3 processs and 4 steps. Everything below is linked: open a process to see it in context.

Top processes

Tropical atmospheric circulation: Hadley and Walker cells and ENSO

2 steps

Air flows poleward aloft, cools by radiation and sinks near 30 degrees latitude, making the subtropical highs and desert belts
Surface trade winds blow back toward the equator, turned westward by the Coriolis effect, closing the Hadley cell and widening by about 2 to 4.5 degrees of lati

Jet streams, storm tracks, monsoons and tropical cyclones

1 step

A subtropical jet sits at the poleward edge of the Hadley cell near 30 degrees; an eddy-driven jet in mid-latitudes is maintained by the storms themselves

Wind-driven ocean circulation, upwelling, ocean heat uptake and sea level

1 step

Warming may strengthen alongshore winds and upwelling (Bakun hypothesis), while the poleward shift of the Hadley cell and subtropical highs moves upwelling wind

Often found with

Heat 3 Atmosphere 1 Trade winds 1 Coriolis effect 1 Jet stream 1 Mid-latitude storms 1 Upwelling 1 Wind 1 Seawater 1

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