单词 | hadley theory |
释义 | > as lemmasHadley theory 1. Used, usually attributive, with reference to a model of air flow in the Earth's atmosphere devised by Hadley in 1735 ( Phil. Trans. Royal Soc. 39 58) to explain the trade winds, as Hadley circulation, Hadley theory; Hadley's law, Hadley's principle. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > movements and pressure conditions > [noun] > laws relating to Coriolis force Ferrel's law1902 Hadley circulation1936 1936 Geogr. Jrnl. 88 44 Maury in America had applied Hadley's Law of Deviation to ocean currents. 1946 A. H. Thiessen Weather Gloss. 145 Hadley's principle, an explanation of the trade winds given..on the basis of the effect of the latitudinal variation in the linear speed of the earth's rotation on air movement. 1949 C.-G. Rossby in G. P. Kuiper Atmospheres of Earth & Planets ii. 19 Wind and temperature data..in the Marianas and in the Marshalls..show that in these regions also the trade winds are far deeper than might be expected on the basis of the Hadley theory. 1963 Q. Jrnl. Royal Meteorol. Soc. 89 131 In winter the low-latitude circulation, the ‘Hadley circulation’, is especially well developed. 1986 Sci. Amer. May 49/1 The dust intensifies the Hadley circulation as well as the so-called tidal winds. < as lemmas |
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