CLIMATE GLOBAL VARIABLES

Revealing Hadley Circulations in the Atmosphere

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  u

  zonal flows are wind magnitudes along latitudes
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  θ

  potential temperature of an air mass is the T it would be if adiabatically sunk to sea-level
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  ω

  omega forcing can reveal upwellings & downdrafts of air
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  v

  meridional flows are the components of wind measured along longitudes
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  ψ

  overturning streamfunction is a more intuitive way to see u+v

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