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Paper referred to in the making of this video:
Persson, A. 2006. Hadley’s principle: Understanding and misunderstanding the trade winds. History of Meteorology 3: 17-42. http://www.meteohistory.org/2006historyofmeteorology3/2persson_hadley.pdf