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Hadley cell: a standalone construct

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Meteorology

the tropical overturning circulation in which air rises near the equator, flows poleward aloft and returns as the trade winds.

In meteorology, Hadley cell refers to the tropical overturning circulation in which air rises near the equator, flows poleward aloft and returns as the trade winds. This meaning comes from Hadley (1735) in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London.[1]

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References

Hadley, G. (1735). Concerning the cause of the general trade-winds. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 39(437), 58-62. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1735.0014

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