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This chapter focused on basic definitions of climatology and general circulation. There was a discussion on climatology of sea level pressure (SLP) and sea surface temperature (SST) which was followed by defining north-south Hadley and east-west Walker circulation. It also defined and described Ferrel cell, Polar cell and various jets. It explained thermal-wind balance relationship and its relevance to jet formation.
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Roy, I. (2018). Climatology and General Circulation. In: Climate Variability and Sunspot Activity. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77107-6_1
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