Idealized pressure belts and wind systems are significantly modified by Earth's tilted axis of rotation and:
A) differences in the heat capacities of the ocean and land.
B) differences in the latitudinal albedo.
C) Ekman transport.
D) latitudinal variations in the Coriolis effect.
E) variations in incoming solar radiation over many years.
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