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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A term usually used in the context of a | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A term usually used in the context of a "thermally indirect circulation" that refers to a [[circulation]] that has ascending motion in a region of relatively low [[temperature]] and descending motion in a region of relatively high temperature.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">It therefore is sustained by dynamical processes rather than by [[thermal]] processes.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:28, 20 February 2012
indirect circulation
A term usually used in the context of a "thermally indirect circulation" that refers to a circulation that has ascending motion in a region of relatively low temperature and descending motion in a region of relatively high temperature.
It therefore is sustained by dynamical processes rather than by thermal processes.
