meridional wind
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Wind speed — is the speed of wind, the movement of air or other gases in an atmosphere. It is a scalar quantity, the magnitude of the vector of motion.Wind speed has always meant the movement of air in an outside environment, but the speed of air movement… … Wikipedia
Zonal and meridional — Meridional redirects here. For the Norma Jean album, see Meridional (album). A zonal region on the globe The terms zonal and meridional are used to describe directions on a globe. Zonal means along a latitude circle or in the west–east direction… … Wikipedia
Meridional — Das Wort Meridian (von lateinisch: circulus meridianus ‚Mittagskreis‘) steht für: Meridian (Astronomie), auch Himmelsmeridian, einen Großkreis an der Himmelskugel, der durch Zenit, Nadir und die Himmelspole verläuft Meridianebene, die die… … Deutsch Wikipedia
zonal wind — The wind, or wind component, along the local parallel of latitude, as distinguished from the meridional wind. The zonal wind is a large scale west erly wind that is neither cyclonic nor anticyclonic. Upper zonal flow over the North Atlantic with… … Aviation dictionary
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