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A possible response of the atmospheric Hadley circulation to equatorial anomalies of ocean temperature
- Finds that the occurrence in late 1957 and early 1958 of above-normal surface water temperatures in the tropical Pacific from the American coast westward to the dateline provided a large anomalous heat source for the atmosphere that intensified its thermodynamic circulation, especially in the wintertime (northern) hemisphere
- Finds that the anomalous heat source for the atmosphere resulted in record intensity of the westerlies in the eastern North Pacific
- Finds the anomalous depth of the Low in the Gulf of Alaska had the downwind effect of weakening the Iceland Low and setting the stage for a cold winter in northern Europe
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