The mean meridional circulation of each hemisphere has three cells. The Hadley cell rises near the equator, flows poleward aloft, sinks near and returns towards the equator at the surface. The Ferrel cell, between about and , turns the opposite way: sinking near and rising near , its surface flow poleward. The polar cell, the smallest and weakest, rises near , sinks over the pole and returns towards at the surface. The subtropical highs are the belts of high sea-level pressure near N and S, under the sinking branches of the Hadley cells.
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什么是 Hadley, Ferrel and polar cells; subtropical high?
又称: Hadley cell · Ferrel cell · polar cell · subtropical high