Describe the four main pressure areas of the Northern Hemisphere and discuss their effects on major wind patterns
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Equatorial low—thermal—10 ° N to 10° S—warm/wet air temperature and moisture; subtropical high—dynamic—20° - 35° N/S—hot/dry air temperature and moisture; subpolar low—dynamic—60° N/S—cool/wet temperature and moisture; polar high—thermal—900° N/S—cold/dry temperature and moisture. These four pressure areas drive the major wind patterns of the trade winds, westerlies, and polar easterlies.
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