: Paleoclimatology: atmospheric circulation

natural phenomenon > atmospherical phenomenon > atmospheric circulation

atmospheric circulation

Atmospheric circulation is the large-scale movement of air and together with ocean circulation is the means by which thermal energy is redistributed on the surface of the Earth. The atmospheric circulation can be viewed as a heat engine driven by the Sun's energy, and whose energy sink, ultimately, is the blackness of space. The work produced by that engine causes the motion of the masses of air and in that process, it redistributes the energy absorbed by the Earth's surface near the tropics to the latitudes nearer the poles, and thence to space. The large-scale atmospheric circulation cells shift polewards in warmer periods (for example, interglacials compared to glacials), but remain largely constant as they are, fundamentally, a property of the Earth's size, rotation rate, heating and atmospheric depth, all of which change little. (Adapted from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_circulation)

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-1ZVLF956-7

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD

Loterre