Extremely easterly wind

Japanese: 極偏東風 - きょくへんとうふう
Extremely easterly wind

An easterly wind that blows from the polar high pressure zone that exists quasi-steadily in the Arctic or Antarctic Circle toward the polar low pressure zone. It forms the Arctic front or the Antarctic front with the mid-latitude westerly winds. Its vertical thickness is thin, usually about 1 to 3 kilometers. Except for the northern part of the Aleutian low and the Icelandic low, it is often irregular and unclear. It is also called the polar easterly wind, polar easterly wind, or polar wind.

[Atsushi Kurashima and Takashi Aoki]

[Reference] | Eastern winds

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

北極圏または南極圏に準定常的に存在する極高気圧から極低圧帯に向かって吹く偏東風。中緯度偏西風との間に北極前線または南極前線を形成する。鉛直の厚さは薄く、通常1~3キロメートル程度である。アリューシャン低気圧やアイスランド低気圧の北側を除くと、不規則で不明確なことが多い。寒帯東風、極東風、極風とよばれることもある。

[倉嶋 厚・青木 孝]

[参照項目] | 偏東風

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