Something in the Air: Atmospheric Circulation Patterns
While Hadley cells are generally considered to be the most basic of atmospheric cells, there are a number of other air circulation patterns, as well
Subject: cell
Transcript: [narrator:] the hadley cell is generally considered to be the most basic. but there are other atmospheric circulation patterns as well. You also get
Something in the Air: Coriolis Force, The
The Coriolis Effect, named for 19th century French scientist Gaspard Gustave Coriolis, describes the apparent force that arises when an object that is moving is viewed in a reference frame that is rotating.
Subject: cell
Transcript: [narrator:] while the initial motion of these cells may be driven first by temperature and then by pressure gradients, their precise movement is also
Something in the Air: Heat, Pressure and Atmospheric Circulation Cells
circulation process are known as cells.
Subject: cell
Transcript: known as cells. An atmospheric circulation cell-- And there are many of them-- is generally an overturning. [spangler:] an atmospheric circulation cell is