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Westerlies

The westerlies, anti-trades, or prevailing westerlies, are prevailing winds from the west toward the east in the middle latitudes between 30 and 60 degrees latitude. They originate from the high-pressure areas in the horse latitudes (about 30 degrees) and trend towards the poles and steer extratropical cyclones in this general manner. Tropical cyclones…

Impact on ocean currents, Behaviour & Extratropical cyclones

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Westerlies

Nodes60
Edges59
Triples54
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.033333
Components1

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Westerlies

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has impact · 22
Westerlies → ACC, Antarctica, Atlantic, Black Tide, Due, Gulf Stream, In, Japanese, North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre, Northern Hemisphere, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, Ships, Southern Hemisphere, Southern Ocean, Sverdrups, The, The ACC, The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, The Kuroshio
related to Behaviour · 19
Westerlies → An, Arctic, As, Coriolis, Earth, Equator, Gobi Desert, However, If, In, North America, Northern Hemisphere, Southern, Southern Hemisphere, Sun, The, This, Throughout, When
related to Interaction with tropical cyclones · 9
Westerlies → An, Asia, China, Japan, Many, Pacific Ocean, Siberia, Typhoon Ioke, When
related to Extratropical cyclones · 4
Westerlies → An, Earth, The, These

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winds ocean hemisphere southern cyclones cyclone west extratropical tropical north subtropical poles east latitudes degrees currents northern current middle also

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Westerlieshas impactDue0.60section
Westerlieshas impactAtlantic0.60section
Westerlieshas impactPacific0.60section
Westerlieshas impactThe0.60section
Westerlieshas impactNorthern Hemisphere0.60section
Westerlieshas impactSouthern Hemisphere0.60section
Westerlieshas impactThese0.60section
Westerlieshas impactShips0.60section
Westerlieshas impactThe Antarctic Circumpolar Current0.60section
Westerlieshas impactACC0.60section
Westerlieshas impactWest Wind Drift0.60section
Westerlieshas impactAntarctica0.60section

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