Which upper-atmosphere outcome results when surface heating becomes highly uneven within Hadley cells?

💡 Explanation

Uneven surface heating amplifies existing temperature gradients, which increases potential energy for atmospheric disturbances; stronger gradients activate baroclinic instability. This instability rapidly converts potential energy into kinetic energy of amplified Rossby waves because of instability, rather than resulting diminished desertification.

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