As warm air rises and cold air sinks it forms three atmospheric circulation cells north of the equator and three to the south. These circulation cells move over land and sea to redistribute the ...

Atmospheric and oceanic circulation redistributes this energy ... This is called the three cell model and can be seen in the diagram below.

The simulated data were generated by a collection of 20 climate models called the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project version 3 or "CMIP3 ... other aspects of atmospheric circulation with ...