An attempt to represent the atmospheric circulation systems over a hemisphere by three adjoining vertical cells of meridional surface motion, transferring energy from equatorial to polar regions. This concept of heat transfer by meridional circulation has generally been superseded by more modern ideas of travelling waves. See also hadley cell; rossby waves.
Three-cell model
- depositional remanent magnetization
- depositional sequence
- depositional sequence model
- depositional system
- depositional systems tract
- Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act
- deprecated
- deprecated tag
- depreciation((capital))
- depreciation((currency))
- depressed area
- depression
- depression angle
- depression of freezing point
- Depression, the Great (1929–33)
- DePriester charts
- deprivation
- de-propanizer
- depsides
- depth
- depth-balanced
- depth buffer
- depth cueing
- depth-first search
- participatory GIS