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This is Jupiter.

Were going to see why the earth and other planets have bands or belts of steady winds. At the equator, sunlight hits the earth directly. Towards the poles, the sunlight hits the surface at an angle because it is spread over a larger area. Next, keep in mind that when air is heated, it is expands and rises because it happens to be less dense that its surrounding air. In a similar way, when air is cooled, it becomes heavier and creates a high pressure system. From what weve discussed earlier, you would expect cold air from the poles to sink flowing away from the poles going to the equator and warm air from the equator rises flowing away from the equator going to poles. (Coriolis Effect video) The hot air that arises from the equator however, does not reach the poles. So as it travels high into the atmosphere, it expands and loses its heat gathered from the equator and eventually becomes relatively cool. And again when air is cool, what happens? So instead, the air flow is like this. So of course, this is just one part of the surface so if (model 3d it in AutoCAD), its like this. This red region here is called Hadley cells. Happens both in the 30 degree latitude both in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. At the poles, it creates a cell as well called pressure polar cells at 60 degree latitude. And again, it does it so in the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. Same thing also happens in the poles but does not reach the equator. It curves and rises at 60 degree latitude. So like the warm air, the cold air expands.. Now, lets look at the region between the Hadley and polar cells. So at the surface in 30 degree latitude, air is diverted both north and south. Going back to Jupiter, we can observe the same pattern of wind belts caused by coriolis. Because it is larger, there are more of them and since its rotating faster, coriolis has a much greater effect.

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