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TROPICAL FRONT [1 record]

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Record 1 2004-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Climatology
DEF

Quasi-permanent front separating the Northern and Southern hemispheric trade winds or marking the extreme limit of a tropical monsoon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Climatologie
DEF

Front quasi permanent, séparant l'alizé boréal de l'alizé austral ou constituant le bord limite d'une mousson tropicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Climatología
DEF

Frente casi permanente que separa los alisios de ambos hemisferios o que marca el límite extremo del monzón tropical.

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