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Figure 7.16
Schematic changes of energy
involving the earth-atmosphere system.
Figure 7.17
Mean zonal wind speeds (m s
-1
) calculated for each latitude and for elevations up to more than 20 km. Note the weak
mean easterly flow at all levels in low latitudes dominated by the Hadley cells, and the strong upper westerly flow in mid-latitudes,
localized into the subtropical jet streams.
Source
: After Mintz; from Henderson-Sellers and Robinson (1986).
