Ferrel cell Atmospheric Circulation, Global Wind Patterns & Jet

Ferrel cell, model of the mid-latitude segment of Earth’s wind circulation, proposed by William Ferrel (1856). In the Ferrel cell, air flows poleward and eastward near the surface and equatorward and westward at higher altitudes; this movement is the reverse of the airflow in the Hadley cell.

Jet Streams – a river in the sky

Prevailing Winds

Global circulation patterns - Met Office

Chapter 11: General Circulation – Atmospheric Processes and Phenomena

3A: Planetary Circulation Patterns

41 Atmospheric Circulation: General Concepts, Wind System, and Global Atmospheric circulation

Global Wind Belts

A, simple, single cell atmospheric convection in a nonrotating Earth.

Earth Matters