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Hadley cell
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Hadley cell [′had·lē ‚sel]
(meteorology)
A direct, thermally driven, and zonally symmetric circulation first proposed by George Hadley as an explanation for the trade winds; it consists of the equatorward movement of the trade winds between about latitude 30° and the equator in each hemisphere, with rising wind components near the equator, poleward flow aloft, and finally descending components at about latitude 30° again.
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The circulation of air near the tropics is called Hadley cells named after George Hadley, the scientist.
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