Sentences with phrase «circulation cells»

Rising air and increased precipitation drive a large atmospheric circulation cell, which then sinks over the Central Pacific.

Temperature differences also drive a set of circulation cells, whose axes of circulation are longitudinally oriented.

The major circulation cells are identified on the «Equinox» figure.

Thus, the hurricane season falls during that period when the tropical meridional circulation cell is unable to facilitate the requisite equator - to - pole transfer of energy.

When waves break strongly in some locations and weakly in others, this can cause circulation cells which are seen as rip currents: narrow, fast - moving belts of water traveling offshore.

They are two of six major air circulation cells on Earth.

The rising and sinking motions within the MJO circulation cells produce a pattern of enhanced and suppressed convection.

At the polar surface level, the mass of air is driven toward the 60th parallel, replacing the air that rose there, and the polar circulation cell is complete.

The easterly Trade Winds and the polar easterlies have nothing over which to prevail, as their parent circulation cells are strong enough and face few obstacles either in the form of massive terrain features or high pressure zones.

In 1856, William Ferrel proposed the existence of a circulation cell in the mid-latitudes with air being deflected by the Coriolis force to create the prevailing westerly winds.

The circulation cells are large — about 10,000 kilometers wide along the equator — and occur intraseasonally, roughly every 30 to 70 days.