Russian or German winds, depending upon which way they are blowing away from the Poles.
Catabatic winds are those that flow down slope from a cold region.
The cold air on the Antarctic Plateau for example, is about 3000 m high, and the air is hence dry (= heavier than moist air), very cold, and therefore dense. This flows towards the Antarctic coast in a continuous flow.
I seem to remember that at the French Adelie Station, the wind flow averaged a few tens of km per hour all the time. When they rebuilt the station after a fire, they built it mainly underground to escape this demoralizing effect.
Mawson had a few words on the subject also.
The NZ and the US bases at McMurdo Sound, are sufficiently remote from the mountains to escape this wind.
There is no wind, or very little, in the Horse Latitudes.
prevailing westerlies
Polar Easterlies
trade winds
Westerlies
The Westerlies.
They're called westerlies. Good luck with your paper!
Trade winds blow from east to west while the westerlies blow from west to east. Trade winds blow near the equator whereas the westerlies blow in the middle latitudes.
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Around 30 degrees latitude is the approximate area of transition from the tropics to the middle latitudes. The tropics are lergely dominated by the trade winds, which blow out of the east. The middle latitudes are dominated by the premailing westerlies, which blow out of the west. The dominant wind pattern of a given latitude largely dictates the direction of storm movement.
Easterlies is not the answer . The answer is trade winds .
Trade winds
The Westerlies.
Well, it has to do with high pressure, low pressure, horse latitudes and doldrums.
Either the Polar Easterlies or the Trade Winds, depending on latitude.
Trade winds blow from east to west while the westerlies blow from west to east. Trade winds blow near the equator whereas the westerlies blow in the middle latitudes.
They're called westerlies. Good luck with your paper!
High altitudes winds at mid-latitudes blow from the west because they are influenced by the earth rotation. But it depends on the scale and time you are talking about.
You mean trade winds. And they are winds that normally blow in the same direction on a regular basis.
prevailing winds
The prevailing surface winds at about 15 degrees north and south latitudes are called the trade winds. In the northern hemisphere, they blow from the northeast, while in the southern hemisphere, they blow from the southeast. These steady winds are caused by the Earth's rotation and pressure differences between equatorial regions and higher latitudes.
prevailing winds