Wind Segment 5: Global Circulation

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Taka Ito, a researcher and oceanographer at CSU, demonstrates global circulation of wind and how the spin of the earth affects the wind. Using a spinning water tank with warm and cold water, he replicates the impacts on wind effected by the cold North Pole and the Warm equator.

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