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CH3041
WATER & ENERGY
BALANCE
• The differential
heating & cooling
moves large air
parcels from one
part of the globe to
the next.
eg. Hadley cells
are part of the general
circulation pattern.
heating & cooling
moves large air
parcels from one
part of the globe to
the next.
eg. Hadley cells
are part of the general
circulation pattern.
Tropics high T & solar
- low r & P, buoyant air
Sub-tropics low T & solar
- high r & P, subsiding air
- low r & P, buoyant air
Sub-tropics low T & solar
- high r & P, subsiding air
• The general circulation
disperses energy & gases.
disperses energy & gases.
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