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OpenStudy (buttermequeasy):

For the Southern Hemisphere: List the three wind bands This wind band blows from ________ to _________ (example: from east to west or from west to east) This wind band falls between _____oS and _____oS latitude. 1. Polar Easterlies 2. Westerlies 3. Trade Winds

OpenStudy (anonymous):

the name of a wind gives its direction from which it blows

OpenStudy (buttermequeasy):

So it's technically the same thing?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Polar Easterlies 60 to 90 oS East to West Prevailing Westerlies 30 to 60 oS West to East The South East Trade Winds 0 to 30 oS (South) East to West

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ignore the ( South)

OpenStudy (buttermequeasy):

OpenStudy (buttermequeasy):

This is what I'm using to find the answers. Shouldn't it be West to East for the Polar Easterlies in the Southern Hemisphere?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

No the name says it all, Easterly, from East to West

OpenStudy (anonymous):

here's a diagram... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atmospheric_circulation.svg

OpenStudy (buttermequeasy):

Oh I see.

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