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Atmosphere
Atmospheric Circulation
Hadley Cell
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Kirsty Kitchin
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Warm
air rises at the
Equator
creating
low
pressure.
The air splits in the
atmosphere
and moves towards the
poles.
Air cools and
sinks
at the
Tropics
/
30
o creating
high
pressure.
The winds move air back to the
Equator
completing the Hadley cell.