Sentences with phrase «less zonal flow»

Thus instead of a strong zonal wind that keeps cold polar air locked in the Arctic, there is a tendency for a less zonal flow and thus more cold air outbreaks to middle latitudes.

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Moreover, we find that the atmospheric zonal flow extends to more than 2,000 kilometres and to less than 3,500 kilometres, making it fully consistent with the constraints obtained independently from the odd gravitational harmonics.

A rapidly warming Arctic leads to a tendency to less zonal (westerly) flow and more blocking (or easterly events), which has an impact on western continents of more cold air in the winter and perhaps more continental droughts in the summer.