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Cold high

Weather; General weather

A high pressure system that has its coldest temperatures at or near the centre of circulation, and horizontally, is thermally barotropic. It is shallow in nature, as circulation decreases with ...

Lithosphere

Weather; General weather

The solid, outer portion of the earth's crust coupled to the rigid upper mantle. Part of the geosphere.

The region bordering the polar region, between 50 and 70 degrees North and South latitude. This is generally an area of semi-permanent low pressure that exists and where the Aleutian and Icelandic ...

Cold low

Weather; General weather

A low pressure system that has its coldest temperatures at or near the centre of circulation, and horizontally, is thermally barotropic. Both warmth and in circulation increase with height and ...

Longitude

Weather; General weather

The location east or west in reference to the Prime Meridian, which is designated as zero (0) degrees longitude. The distance between lines of longitude are greater at the equator and smaller at the ...

Subrefraction

Weather; General weather

Less than normal bending of light or a radar beam as it passes through a zone of contrasting properties, such as atmospheric density, water vapor, or temperature. Contrast with superrefraction.