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← GeographyWhich phenomenon's intensity influences the latitudinal extent of the Hadley cell circulation pattern?
A)Mesospheric ozone concentration's warming effect
B)Stratospheric aerosol albedo's cooling effect
C)Tropospheric water vapor greenhouse effect✓
D)Magnetospheric plasma density's shielding effect
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When tropospheric water vapor increases, the greenhouse effect intensifies because it absorbs and re-emits longwave radiation, increasing surface temperature and strengthening convection in the tropics, expanding the Hadley cell. Therefore the water vapor greenhouse effect primarily governs Hadley cell extent, rather than other radiative or shielding phenomena.
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