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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

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Constant heat and humidity to the north and south create a continuous cycle of warm updrafts. These create a band of low pressure, leading to thundery weather, with a steady supply of cumulonimbus clouds, causing the extreme wet and dry seasons found in equatorial countries.  2, record 1, English, - thundery%20weather

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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A layer in a stratified body of water in which the density gradient is at a maximum.  2, record 2, English, - pycnocline

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In the low latitude equatorial and tropical regions, there is a thin layer of low and uniform density in the upper zone, then there is a layer of rapid increase in density with depth, which is called the "pycnocline, "in the middle zone and below this in the deep zone, there is a very slow increase in density with depth...  3, record 2, English, - pycnocline

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pycnocline: designation and definition standardized by ISO.  4, record 2, English, - pycnocline

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

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Couche d'une masse d'eau stratifiée dans laquelle le gradient de densité est à son maximum.  2, record 2, French, - pycnocline

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[Cette] couche d'eau intermédiaire [sépare] des eaux superficielles généralement moins denses[,] car plus chaudes, et des eaux profondes plus denses[,] car plus froides.  3, record 2, French, - pycnocline

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pycnocline : désignation et définition normalisés par l'ISO.  4, record 2, French, - pycnocline

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Capa de un cuerpo de agua estratificada, en la cual el gradiente de densidad es un máximo.  2, record 2, Spanish, - picnoclina

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

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An almost-continuous trough or belt of low pressure around the globe in the equatorial regions... where the NE trade winds(of the Northern Hemisphere) and the SE trades(of the Southern Hemisphere) converge, or come together.  6, record 3, English, - intertropical%20convergence%20zone

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The ITCZ is usually characterized by strong, ascending air currents, large areas of overcast skies, and frequent heavy showers and thunderstorms.  6, record 3, English, - intertropical%20convergence%20zone

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The term "intertropical convergence zone" (ITCZ) is generally preferred to the term "intertropical front" (ITF), as ITCZ characteristics are distinct from a front of higher latitudes.  7, record 3, English, - intertropical%20convergence%20zone

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inter-tropical convergence zone: term reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO," with the authorization of UNESCO.  3, record 3, English, - intertropical%20convergence%20zone

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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Mince zone où les alizés des deux hémisphères se rejoignent.  7, record 3, French, - zone%20de%20convergence%20intertropicale

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zone de convergence intertropicale : terme reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.  8, record 3, French, - zone%20de%20convergence%20intertropicale

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Zona estrecha en la que se reúnen los vientos alisios de los hemisferios norte y sur.  4, record 3, Spanish, - zona%20de%20convergencia%20intertropical

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zona de convergencia intertropical: término reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO", con la autorización de la UNESCO.  5, record 3, Spanish, - zona%20de%20convergencia%20intertropical

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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Mass of air which has been over regions close to the equator for several days and which, therefore, has become fairly warm.  4, record 4, English, - equatorial%20air%20mass

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Air masses are classified as equatorial if they develop near the equator, tropical if they originate in the low latitudes, and polar if they originate in the high latitudes. Equatorial air masses are warm and very moist, tropical air masses are warm, and polar air masses are... well, cold.  5, record 4, English, - equatorial%20air%20mass

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Equatorial (E) air masses, [hot and extremely humid], rarely visit the contiguous United States and almost never reach Canada, but these air masses are important weather factors for the southern nations of North America: southern Mexico, Central America and many of the Atlantic island nations.  2, record 4, English, - equatorial%20air%20mass

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

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Masse d'air qui a été sur des régions proches de l'équateur pendant plusieurs jours et qui, par suite, est devenue relativement chaude.  4, record 4, French, - masse%20d%27air%20%C3%A9quatorial

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Les masses d'air sont classifiées selon deux caractéristiques; la température : - très chaude : masse d'air équatoriale (E), - chaude : masse d'air tropicale (T), - froide : masse d'air polaire (P), - très froide : masse d'air arctique (A), l'humidité : - sec : masse d'air continentale (c), - humide : masse d'air maritime (m).  3, record 4, French, - masse%20d%27air%20%C3%A9quatorial

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Masa de aire que ha permanecido durante varios días en regiones próximas al Ecuador y que, por lo tanto, está relativamente caliente.  2, record 4, Spanish, - masa%20de%20aire%20ecuatorial

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

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Trade winds which blow from the northeast in the Northern Hemisphere.  1, record 5, English, - northeast%20trade

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trade winds : winds which blow from tropical high pressure belts toward the equatorial region of low pressure; from the northeast in the northern hemisphere, from the southeast in the southern hemisphere.  3, record 5, English, - northeast%20trade

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Mostly used in the plural form : northeast trade winds.  1, record 5, English, - northeast%20trade

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

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Les alizés se manifestent, en direction de l'équateur, à partir des hautes pressions subtropicales qui jalonnent le 30e parallèle sur les deux hémisphères : alizés boréaux, de direction N.-E. - S.-O., et alizés austraux, S.-E. - N.-O. Le contact des alizés boréaux et austraux aboutit à l'ascendance dynamique, favorisée par l'instabilité de l'air chaud et humide, et constitue la convergence intertropicale.  1, record 5, French, - aliz%C3%A9%20bor%C3%A9al

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S'emploie souvent au pluriel.  5, record 5, French, - aliz%C3%A9%20bor%C3%A9al

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Record 6,  Textual support,  English

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Classification of satellite orbits : 1. Type of orbit : Circular(with centre of the circle at the centre of the earth), Elliptical(with the earth's centre as one of the two foci of the ellipse). 2. Plane of orbit :Equatorial orbit(directly above the earth's equator), Polar orbit(passes over both poles). Inclined orbits(any other orbit). 3. Altitude of the communications satellite : GEO(geostationary orbit), MEO(medium earth orbit), LEO(low earth orbit).  3, record 6, English, - circular%20equatorial%20orbit

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

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Tous les satellites de télécommunication (transmission de données, d'images et de sons) sont placés sur une orbite circulaire équatoriale. La raison en est simple : ainsi placés, ils peuvent facilement «arroser» différentes zones du globe et relayer des données provenant de deux points très éloignés. C'est cette localisation équatoriale qui explique l'orientation au sud d'une antenne parabolique installée depuis la France et plus globalement l'hémisphère nord.  1, record 6, French, - orbite%20circulaire%20%C3%A9quatoriale

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Record 7,  Textual support,  English

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The meridional shear, however, have only a moderate modification to low frequency equatorial waves. This is due to the fact that vertical shears couple the baroclinic and barotropic modes; their interaction causes marked changes in wave characteristics, whereas meridional shears do not.  2, record 7, English, - meridional%20shear

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

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Circulation méridienne.  1, record 7, French, - cisaillement%20m%C3%A9ridional

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

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The world's biggest Low is caused by hot air rising near the equator(it is called the Equatorial Low). Its position moves north and south during the year as it follows the movement of the overhead sun and the latitude of greatest heating. The Equatorial Low is the heat ’engine’ that powers the entire global circulation. Cloud and rain are produced by rising air, making the Equatorial Low also the world's main rain-producing area and the place of the great tropical rainforests.  2, record 8, English, - equatorial%20low

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

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[...] voyons comment se déclenche un El Niño. En situation normale, l'ensemble de l'eau qui recouvre la planète est plutôt froide. Toutefois, au nord de l'Australie et de la Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée, il existe une masse d'eau chaude, la plus chaude de la Terre. C'est à partir de cette eau chaude que se forment les nuages qui entraînent les moussons. Cette masse d'eau chaude est gardée en place grâce aux alizés, vents soufflant des hautes pressions subtropicales vers les basses pressions équatoriales. À cause de ces vents, les eaux sont plus élevées d'une trentaine de centimètres dans l'ouest du Pacifique que dans l'est.  2, record 8, French, - basse%20pression%20%C3%A9quatoriale

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Record 9,  Textual support,  English

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Trade winds which blow from the southeast in the Southern hemisphere.  5, record 9, English, - southeast%20trade%20wind

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trade winds : Winds which blow from tropical high pressure belts toward the equatorial region of low pressure; from the northeast in the Northern hemisphere, from the southeast in the Southern hemisphere.  6, record 9, English, - southeast%20trade%20wind

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

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Les alizés se manifestent, en direction de l'équateur, à partir des hautes pressions subtropicales qui jalonnent le 30e parallèle sur les deux hémisphères : alizés boréaux, de direction N.-E - S.-O., et alizés austraux, S.-E. - N.-O. Le contact des alizés boréaux et austraux aboutit à l'ascendance dynamique, favorisée par l'instabilité de l'air chaud et humide, et constitue la convergence intertropicale.  1, record 9, French, - aliz%C3%A9%20austral

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

S'emploie souvent au pluriel.  4, record 9, French, - aliz%C3%A9%20austral

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Record 10,  Textual support,  English

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The proposed mission would study these [X-ray] phenomena with four instruments : a large-area proportional counter, a phoswich detector, a four-component all-sky wide-field camera array and a gamma-burst detector. The instruments will be mounted on a free-flying spacecraft placed in a low altitude(600 km) circular equatorial orbit.  1, record 10, English, - gamma%2Dburst%20detector

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish