Definition of Thermally Driven Circulation

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Thermally Driven Circulation

The term 'Thermally Driven Circulation' as it applies to the area of the weather can be defined as ' A diurnally reversing closed cellular wind current resulting from horizontal temperature contrasts caused by different rates of heating or cooling over adjacent surfaces; includes along-slope, cross-valley, along-valley, mountain-plain and sea breeze circulations'.

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