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adiabatic air masses albedo altitude amount Antarctic anticyclones Arctic arid atmosphere average billowing clouds boundary centimetre circulation climate coast cold air continents cooling cumulus cyclones decreases direction earth earth's surface easterly effect energy equator equatorial evaporation figure ground heat budget high pressure areas high pressure cells higher latitudes horizontal humid increases with height intertropical convergence zone inversion jet stream km/h kmē land latent heat layer long-wave low pressure low pressure areas Ly/day maximum meridional meteorological metres middle monsoon mountain movement North Northern Hemisphere occur oceans particles particularly period polar poles potential evaporation precipitation pressure areas pressure gradient processes radiation balance rain rainfall rainy regions result rise rotation seasonal silver iodide solar constant solar radiation southern stratosphere subtropical high pressure summer thermal trade wind tropical tropopause troposphere unstable upper variations velocity vertical warm air water-vapour waves weather westerly winds winter