Describe the surface wind direction and the winds aloft direction for the northern hemisphere on a non-rotating Earth. Assume a smooth, uniform Earth
What will be an ideal response?
Surface winds would be from the north while winds aloft would be from the south, completing a single circulation cell in each hemisphere.
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