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| the force air exerts per unit area |
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| effect of Earth's rotation that causes the deflection of moving objects towards the right in the N. Hemisphere and the left in the S. Hemisphere |
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| area in which the barometric pressure is greater than that of the surrounding air |
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| Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) |
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| low-pressure zone at the equator, where the winds from the Northern and Southern Hemispheres converge |
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| line on a weather map that joins points having the same barometric pressure |
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| high-altitude air current forms a narrow band of very strong westerly winds flowing above the middle latitudes |
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| area in which the barometric pressure is lower than that of the surrounding air |
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| area between about 30 and 60 degrees latitude, where surface winds are determined by the locations of transient high and low pressure systems |
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| wind of Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean that changes direction seasonally, from NE from Nov. until Mar. and SW from Apr until Oct. accompanied by heavy rains |
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| boundary at which air flowing away from the polar regions collides with warmer air from the lower latitudes |
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| rate at which atmospheric pressure declines over a given distance |
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| winds, such as the trade winds and polar easterlies, that usuaslly blow from the same direction |
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| steady winds that blow across the equator, from 30 north latitude to about 30 south latitude |
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