At the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), air rises due to strong solar heating, creating a low-pressure area. Winds from the tropics converge at this zone. The rising air forms a convective cell, reaching up to 14 km in the troposphere.The cell here is
(a) Walker cell
(b) Polar cell
(c) Ferrel cell
(d) Hadley Cell

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At the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), air rises due to strong solar heating, creating a low-pressure area. Winds from the tropics converge at this zone. The rising air forms a convective cell, reaching up to 14 km in the troposphere.The cell here is
(a) Walker cell
(b) Polar cell
(c) Ferrel cell
(d) Hadley Cell

ONLiNE UPSC · Accepted Answer

Hadley cell &ndash; At low latitudes, air moves toward the equator, where it is heated and rises vertically. In the upper atmosphere, air moves poleward.This forms a convection cell that covers tropical and subtropical climates.As the converged air rises, it forms a convective cell and reaches the top of the troposphere, reaching an altitude of approximately 14 km. This cell is named for English physicist and meteorologist George Hadley, who proposed the single circulation for each hemisphere in 1735.

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At the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), air rises due to strong solar heating, creating a low-pressure area. Winds from the tropics converge at this zone. The rising air forms a convective cell, reaching up to 14 km in the troposphere.The cell here is (a) Walker cell (b) Polar cell (c) Ferrel cell (d) Hadley Cell