Geography GCSE
Wind patterns
What Wind patterns means in Geography GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Surface winds blow from high-pressure areas towards low-pressure zones to balance the atmosphere, and the Earth's rotation deflects these winds due to the Coriolis effect.
Global winds such as the trade winds are driven by the interaction of the convection cells combined with the Coriolis effect deflecting winds.
Surface winds within the Hadley cells, known as the trade winds, blow from east to west and steer tropical storms across oceans.
Topics that use Wind patterns
- Weather hazards (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atmospheric circulation
- Case study application
- Coriolis Effect
- Economic consequences
- Environmental degradation
- Extreme weather
- Eye
- Eyewall
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