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Air decends at the poles and rises at the equuator. The basic part of the weather machine.
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Do warm currents flow toward the equator or away?
What are the Global winds that flow toward equator?
Global winds and currents near the equator flow east to west. The global wind belt located north and south of the equator is called trade winds.
What is cold dry masses that flow into the United Stated from the interior of Canada?
Continental Polar
What direction do surface currents near the equator flow?
Ocean currents flow near the equator from the east to west. Ocean currents flow near the poles from west to east.
What is the difference between westerly winds in the north and in the south hemisphere?
You can understand the same through the diagram of Hadley cells, Ferrel cells and Polar cells. You have pairs of them in both the north and the south hemispheres. You have very cold north and south poles. The equator is hottest. So the air should flow from north and south poles to the equator. This air flow will be in opposite direction. The same air should go up at the equator and then should flow to the north and south poles. But the distance is too long and you have three cells in the north hemisphere and three cells in the south hemisphere. So you have gear like mechanism to facilitate the air flow. So all the six cells move in opposite direction to each other. So you have the pair of Hadley cells that moves in opposite direction to each other. So air flows from cold to hot region, towards the equator in both the cases. In case of the Polar cells also, air flows from cold region to hot region. Now you have to explain the flow of Ferrel cell. Here the air flows in opposite direction. This cell gets energy from the Hadley cell and Polar cell. Both of them give equal energy to Ferrel cell. This happens due to gear like mechanism and explains the reverse flow of the air in case of the Ferrel cell. That is why the westerlies flows in opposite direction to trade winds and polar easterlies.
Describe the temperature of the currents that flow away from the equator and explain why they are this way?
Heating by the sun near the equator makes the water there warm. In the polar regions, the water is cold. Cold water weighs more than warm and as a result, the warm waters of the equator drift toward the poles. The cold wear from the poles then flows toward the equator to replace the warm water that is leaving.
Why does warm water flow away from the equator?
In what direction do cold currents generally flow in the northern hemisphere?
Cold currents generally flow towards the equator. (a.k.a. south).
Do warm currents flow toward the equator or away?
What are winds that flow from the horse latitudes toward that polar areas?
Polar Easterlies
What are the Global winds that flow toward equator?
Global winds and currents near the equator flow east to west. The global wind belt located north and south of the equator is called trade winds.
Difference between cold and warm currents?
Warm currents are warm whereas cold currents are cold. Warm currents flow from the equatorial regions towards the polar regions whereas cold currents flow from the polar regions to the equatorial regions. By- Avyukt Sharma
What are winds that flow from the horse latitudes toward the polar areas are called what?
The winds are called Westerlies.
What are the winds that flow from the horse latitudes toward the polar areas called?
The winds are called Westerlies.
How do surface currents transfer energy?
by convection
What is cold dry masses that flow into the United Stated from the interior of Canada?
Continental Polar
In what direction do cold currents generally flow in the nothern hemisphere?
This current flows southerly towards the equator.
