| Properties of the Three Cells |
| thermally
indirect circulation |
| thermally
direct circulation |
| Hadley
Cell |
| Ferrel
Cell |
| Polar
Cell |
| E |
| W |
| E |
| L |
| H |
| L |
| H |
| 60° |
|
|
| Pole |
|
| (colder) |
|
|
|
| Equator |
|
| (warmer) |
|
| (warm) |
| (cold) |