Sentences with phrase «slow equatorward»
This leads to slow equatorward flow throughout most of a subtropical ocean basin (the Sverdrup balance).
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Similarly, slow moving polar air will be left behind by the rotating Earth and look like it is moving from east to west if it is pulled equatorward by a pressure difference.
AGW theory in requiring a slowdown of energy transfer from troposphere to stratosphere would require more equatorward jets and a slower hydrological cycle which does not happen.
The slow diffusion equatorward of the the NA is not that slow, and seems to happen at narrow localized spots near topographic features, mid ocean ridges, continental margins, islands etc, due to tidal internal wave breaking and other related mechanisms which remain unclear.