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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。
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(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 ）
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(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.
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Hadley cell
Meteorologists study the Hadley cell to understand why the tropics have intense convection and why deserts form in the subtropics.
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Meteorologists study the Hadley cell to understand why the tropics have intense convection and why deserts form in the subtropics.
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