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Interhemispheric circulation
Author(s) -
Rao Y. P.
Publication year - 1964
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709038408
Subject(s) - equator , circulation (fluid dynamics) , southern hemisphere , climatology , latitude , northern hemisphere , zonal and meridional , hadley cell , atmospheric sciences , geology , environmental science , general circulation model , oceanography , geodesy , climate change , physics , mechanics
The direct cell of the winter hemisphere is shown to extend across the Equator to at least 5° latitude in the summer hemisphere. the meridional circulation across the Equator is evaluated for the months January, April, July and October.