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| the zone separating two air masses, of which the cooler, denser mass is advancing and replacing the warmer. |
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| : Heat transfer in a gas or liquid by circulation of energy from one region to another. |
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| a belt of calms and light baffling winds north of the equator between the northern and southern trade winds in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
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| : a narrow belt of high-altitude winds (about 12 000 metres high) moving east at high speeds |
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| a coastal breeze blowing at night from land to sea, caused by the difference in the rate of cooling of their respective surfaces |
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| : a thermally produced wind blowing from a cool ocean surface onto adjoining warm land. |
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| Winds that blow steadily from east to west and toward the equator over most of the Torrid Zone (the part of the earth's surface between the tropics of cancer and Capricorn.) |
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| a transition zone between a mass of warm air and the colder air it is replacing. |
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| Global winds that flow form the east to the west |
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| global winds that flow from west to east. |
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