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High pressure systems (Meteorology)

URI(s)

http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85005660
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85005660#concept

Variants

Anticyclones
Highs (High pressure systems)

Broader Terms

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

High pressure systems (Meteorology)
high-pressure area Label from public data source Wikidata
korkeapaine

Earlier Established Forms

Anticyclones

Sources

found: Work cat.: 2011368405: Xi Taiping Yang fu re dai gao ya yan jiu de xin jin zhan ji qi ying yong, 2010:English translation of title (West Pacific subtropical high New Development and Applications)

found: Australian government bureau of meteorology(High pressure system (anticyclone), is a system of closed isobars surrounding a region of relatively high pressure. When compared with low pressure systems, highs tend to cover a greater area, move more slowly and have a longer life)

found: Britannica online, Jan. 12, 2018(Anticyclone; alternate titles: High; anticyclone, any large wind system that rotates about a centre of high atmospheric pressure clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern. Its flow is the reverse of that of a cyclone (q.v.))

LC Classification

QC880.4.H54

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Change Notes

1986-02-11: new
2018-03-13: revised

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