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Introduction When viewed from outer space, the earth's atmosphere, as evidenced by the cloud patterns, shows no signs of symmetry or regularityo However, analysis of wind and temperature data over long periods of time shows that on the average the atmosphere behaves in a regular manner. Prevailing westerlies, trade winds and the Hadley circulation are gross features of the motion which are observed from average data. In 1735j George Hadley initiated the idea that solar heating at the equator fo...rced the air there to rise, and hence he conjectured that the air, once aloft, travelled to the poles, where it sank back to the surface to journey toward the equator again. Subsequent observations by Ferrel around the 1880' s suggested that the air rising at the equator did not travel to the poles, but sank back to the surface at about 30 north or south latitude. In addition, the cold air sinking at the poles rose again at about 6o north or south latitude. In between these cells was a single cell rising at 6o and sinking at 30 in each hemisphere.
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