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| − | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">( | + | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Or'' cold anticyclone; <br/>''also called'' cold-core high, cold-core anticyclone.) At a given level in the [[atmosphere]], any [[high]] that is generally characterized by colder air near its center than around its periphery; the opposite of a [[warm high]].</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The [[anticyclonic]] intensity of a cold high decreases with height in accordance with the [[thermal wind equation|thermal wind equation]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[thermal high]].</div><br/> </div> |
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Latest revision as of 16:39, 25 April 2012
cold high
(Or cold anticyclone;
also called cold-core high, cold-core anticyclone.) At a given level in the atmosphere, any high that is generally characterized by colder air near its center than around its periphery; the opposite of a warm high.
also called cold-core high, cold-core anticyclone.) At a given level in the atmosphere, any high that is generally characterized by colder air near its center than around its periphery; the opposite of a warm high.
The anticyclonic intensity of a cold high decreases with height in accordance with the thermal wind equation.
Compare thermal high.
Compare thermal high.
