General Circulation Model (GCM)

Written by Klaus Burri

Contents	GCM, troposphere, air pressure, thermal and dynamic air pressure cells, Coriolis effect, jet stream, polar front
Suitable for	Gymnasium, 10th–12th year
Prerequisites	N/A
Time	3–4 lessons

What's it about?

This paper is intended as a student's supplement with which teachers can work during the lessons. In five steps, it develops the GCM in a way that students can understand the model's basic structures.

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