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Descibe the main features of atmospheric circulation in the northern atmosphere
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Descibe the main features of atmospheric circulation in the northern atmosphere

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Because the Earth rotates on its axis, circulating air is deflected toward the right in the Northern Hemisphere and toward the left in the Southern Hemisphere. This deflection is called the Coriolis effect.
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Warm moist air from the tropics, northward by the surface winds of Ferrel cell
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