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McCulloch R (2011) Westerlies and their effects on maritime ice caps and glaciers. In: Singh V, Singh P & Haritashya U (eds.) Encycolpedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 1224-1227. http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/hydrogeology/book/978-90-481-2641-5
Abstract
An encyclopedia entry for: Westerlies, a meteorological phenomenon where the thermal gradient between the mid-latitudes and the polar regions leads to increased baroclinicity and increased thermal winds in a westerly direction along the polar front in both hemispheres.
Keywords
Polar convergence zone low pressure storms; Westerly storms; Westerly air circulation
| Status | Published |
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| Title of series | Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series |
| Publication date | 31/12/2011 |
| Publisher | Springer |
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| Place of publication | Dordrecht |
| ISSN of series | 1388-4360 |
| ISBN | 978-90-481-2641-5 |