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#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The instantaneous [[large-scale]] flow in the [[troposphere]] when viewed as  a hemispheric or worldwide system.</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The instantaneous [[large scale|large-scale]] flow in the [[troposphere]] when viewed as  a hemispheric or worldwide system.</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The mean or time-averaged hemispheric [[circulation]] of the [[atmosphere]]; in this sense, almost  synonymous with [[general circulation]].</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The mean or time-averaged hemispheric [[circulation]] of the [[atmosphere]]; in this sense, almost  synonymous with [[general circulation]].</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"><br/>''Same as'' [[general circulation]].</div><br/> </div>
#<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition"><br/>''Same as'' [[general circulation]].</div><br/> </div>

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planetary circulation

  1. The instantaneous large-scale flow in the troposphere when viewed as a hemispheric or worldwide system.

  2. The mean or time-averaged hemispheric circulation of the atmosphere; in this sense, almost synonymous with general circulation.


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