In the three-cell model, the wind belt observed on the poleward side of the polar front is called the?
a. ?polar easterlies.
b. ?prevailing westerlies.
c. ?northeast trades.
d. ?doldrums.
e. ?polar westerlies.
ANSWER: a
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