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JGIBBSON

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Sketch out a general model of the Earth's circulation patterns. Include the intertropical convergence zone, subtropical highs, subpolar lows, polar highs, the trade winds, the westerlies, the polar easterlies, and Hadley cells.
 
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Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 from a perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic.
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 14, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Figure GIA 6.1 is a more complex version of the type of figure students should sketch.

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