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How Wind Works

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The Polar Cell and the Farrel Cell Are Like Gears Turning a Cog

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The heat differential isn't that much, so you're not going to get as much like radical convection going on. Most of the movement there is caused by the hadley cell below it and the polar cell above it,. And because they're both spinning counter clockwise, they spin the farrel cell clockwise. That's just sono. So amazing to me, this is happening at all times on planet earthamiably."

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