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Back to Index Back to Index Essential features of general circulation of the atmosphere
Essential features of general circulation of the atmosphere
Figure 11. The essential features of the general circulation of the atmosphere showing a typical daily pattern of surface pressure systems and (in greatly exaggerated vertical scale) the zonally averaged meridional (left) and zonal circulation (right).

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