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

What will be an ideal response?


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

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