The central innovation in this concept takes into account the diurnal motion of the earth around its axis while ignoring the sun's apparent motion due to earth's rotation.
The central innovation in this concept takes into account the diurnal motion of the earth around its axis while ignoring the sun's apparent motion due to earth's rotation. The eponymous principle was given its name in 1880 by Adolph Sprung. Deficiencies in this concept were finally rectified by William Ferrell who included in his account the effect of Coriolis forces. Its namesake was interested in the causes of the Trade Winds, which according to him had not been fully explained by the likes of Edmund Halley and Robert Hooke. Air is drawn into the Intertropical Conversion Zone via the action of this pattern, for 10 points name this circulation model near the equator named after its English namesake.
The central innovation in this concept takes into account the diurnal motion of the earth around its axis while ignoring the sun's apparent motion due to earth's rotation.
Hadley Cell or Priniciple