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Although there may be more total energy in the atmosphere, the polar regions are warming faster than the tropics. This would seem to decrease the temperature gr
by Merrill 7y ago
Although there may be more total energy in the atmosphere, the polar regions are warming faster than the tropics. This would seem to decrease the temperature gradient as a function of latitude and slow convection. It must be that average wind speeds are mainly determined by the vertical temperature gradient as a function of altitude?
- mirimir 7y agoWild guess: Maybe large-scale wind speeds will decrease, but short-term wind speeds, associated with storm systems, will increase. That might not be such a good thing for wind power.