As warm air rises and cold air sinks it forms three atmospheric circulation cells north of the equator and three to the south. These circulation cells move over land and sea to redistribute the ...
Isaac Held, formerly Princeton University and GFDL/NOAA 'This book is an enormously broad and detailed overview of the atmospheric circulation that combines perspectives gained over the sixty-year ...
An extensive suite of ocean circulation model experiments—new and previously published—confirms that ... equatorial currents and their dynamics play a vital role in the tropical heat balance and ...
The air above the poles is cold. The cold air sinks creating high pressure. The air moves towards the equatorial low-pressure zone, and warms up when it meets the land or ocean. At around 60 ...