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Preferred term

meridional wind  

Type

  • http://www.irandoc.ac.ir/onto/irandoc-meta/Concept

Broader concept

Definitions

  • The wind or wind component along the local meridian, as distinguished from the zonal wind. In a horizontal coordinate system fixed locally with the x axis directed eastward and the y axis northward, the meridional wind is positive if from the south, and negative if from the north.

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http://www.irandoc.acir/onto/irandoc/SWEETT05246

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