Source Word
Hadley cell
Noun
(meteorology)
A
global-scale
tropical
atmospheric
circulation
that
features
air
rising
near
the
Equator,
flowing
poleward
at
a
height
of
10
to
15
kilometers
above
the
earth's
surface,
descending
in
the
subtropics,
and
then
returning
equatorward
near
the
surface.
This
circulation
creates
the
trade
winds,
tropical
rain-belts
and
hurricanes,
subtropical
deserts
and
the
jet
streams.
Japanese Meaning
ハドレー循環(気象学): 地球規模の熱帯大気循環で、赤道付近で空気が上昇し、地上約10~15kmの高度で極方向へ流れ、亜熱帯で下降し、その後再び赤道方向に戻る現象。この循環により貿易風、熱帯雨帯、ハリケーン、亜熱帯の砂漠、ジェット気流などが形成される。
Sense(1)
(meteorology)
A
global-scale
tropical
atmospheric
circulation
that
features
air
rising
near
the
Equator,
flowing
poleward
at
a
height
of
10
to
15
kilometers
above
the
earth's
surface,
descending
in
the
subtropics,
and
then
returning
equatorward
near
the
surface.
This
circulation
creates
the
trade
winds,
tropical
rain-belts
and
hurricanes,
subtropical
deserts
and
the
jet
streams.
( plural )