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Westerlies, middle-latitude west winds

2006/02/13 by Jay R. Harman · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Aeolian processes and effects #Climatology #Geodesy #Geography #Geology #Geology and Paleoclimatology Research #Latitude #Meteorology #Middle latitudes #Westerlies

paper · doi:10.1007/0-387-30749-4_197

openalex publication_date 2006/02/13 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

The term westerliesrefers to the zone of winds poleward from the subtropical high-pressure belt, present in both the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere, that is characterized by migratory...

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