Which effect results when trade winds approach the equator in a Walker circulation cell?

💡 Explanation

When trade winds approach the equator, the Coriolis effect deflects them westward and enhances their strength, accumulating warm surface water in the western Pacific that then causes upwelling which brings colder water to the surface along South America. Therefore increased coastal upwelling results, rather than other listed conditions which are caused by different atmospheric mechanisms.

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