Hadley cell (English, noun)
expansion: Hadley cell (plural Hadley cells)
Senses:
topics: climatology
meteorology
natural-sciences
glosses: A global-scale tropical atmospheric circulation that features air rising near the Equator, flowing poleward at a height of 10 to 15 kilometers above the earth's surface, descending in the subtropics, and then returning equatorward near the surface. This circulation creates the trade winds, tropical rain-belts and hurricanes, subtropical deserts and the jet streams.
Forms:
form: Hadley cells
tags: plural