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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A zonally symmetric [[circulation]] that appears to be [[thermally indirect]] (when viewed using height or [[pressure]] as the vertical coordinate) first proposed by William Ferrel in 1856 as the middle of three [[meridional]] cells in each hemisphere.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A similar type of cell was described by Matthew Maury in 1855 and James Thomson in 1857 at about the same time. The Ferrell cell has sinking motion in the same latitudes as the [[Hadley cell]], but has rising motion in higher latitudes (approximately near 60°). The Ferrel cell is maintained by [[heat]] and [[momentum]] fluxes due to large-scale [[eddies]] and by [[diabatic processes]]; these processes are illustrated by the [[Kuo–Eliassen equation]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">A zonally symmetric [[circulation]] that appears to be [[thermally indirect]] (when viewed using height or [[pressure]] as the vertical coordinate) first proposed by William Ferrel in 1856 as the middle of three [[meridional]] cells in each hemisphere.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">A similar type of cell was described by Matthew Maury in 1855 and James Thomson in 1857 at about the same time. The Ferrell cell has sinking motion in the same latitudes as the [[Hadley cell|Hadley cell]], but has rising motion in higher latitudes (approximately near 60°). The Ferrel cell is maintained by [[heat]] and [[momentum]] fluxes due to large-scale [[eddies]] and by [[diabatic processes]]; these processes are illustrated by the [[Kuo–Eliassen equation]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:57, 25 April 2012
Ferrel cell
A zonally symmetric circulation that appears to be thermally indirect (when viewed using height or pressure as the vertical coordinate) first proposed by William Ferrel in 1856 as the middle of three meridional cells in each hemisphere.
A similar type of cell was described by Matthew Maury in 1855 and James Thomson in 1857 at about the same time. The Ferrell cell has sinking motion in the same latitudes as the Hadley cell, but has rising motion in higher latitudes (approximately near 60°). The Ferrel cell is maintained by heat and momentum fluxes due to large-scale eddies and by diabatic processes; these processes are illustrated by the Kuo–Eliassen equation.
