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Walker circulation

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A tropical zonal overturning circulation in the terrestrial atmosphere, coupled to east–west ocean temperature contrasts. Its mean Pacific branch has rising air over the warmer western Pacific and sinking air farther east. The circulation is named after Gilbert Walker.

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