Tropics
An area on the Earth's surface that lies between 30º north and 30º south of the equator
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TROPICS/TROPICAL The region of the earth located between the Tropic of Cancer, at 23.5 degrees North latitude, and the Tropic of Capricorn, at 23.5 degrees South latitude.
Tropics
The region of the earth located between 23.5° North and 23.5° South.
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Tropics - 1. Any portion of the earth characterized by a tropical climate. 2. Same as Torrid Zone. See Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn.
Tropics
Areas of the Earth within 20?Ǭ? North and South of the equator.
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Tropics The area between 23.5 degrees north and south of the equator. This region has small daily and seasonal changes in temperature, but great seasonal changes in precipitation.
Tropics- The area of the globe from latitudes 23.5 degrees north to 23.5 degrees south.
TROPICS - Geographical regions of the earth between 23.5 degrees north and 23.5 degrees south latitudes. There are nearly constant temperatures in these areas year round, however, there may be a dry and wet season. The latitude of 23.
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Outside the tropics, coastal areas of eastern Australia mostly receive their flood rains from so-called "east coast lows" that develop from time to time over the adjacent Tasman Sea.
Forms outside the tropics.
Center of storm is colder than the surrounding air.
Has fronts.
Strongest winds in the upper atmosphere.
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Extratropical cycloneA storm that forms outside the tropics, sometimes as a tropical storm or hurricane changes. See table below for differences between extratropical and tropical cyclones.
Tropical DisturbanceA discrete tropical weather system of apparently organized convection--generally 100 to 300 mi in diameter--originating in the tropics or subtropics, ...
In the tropics, there is the dry and the rainy season, depending on the amount of precipitation. SEA SPRAY Sometimes called salt spray, it is the drops of sea water (salt water) blown from the top of a wave.
In the tropics, the defining altitudes for cloud types are generally higher. Middle Latitudes1) The latitude belt roughly between 35 and 65 degrees North and South. Also referred to as the temperate region.
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Some reach the American tropics and a few develop into tropical cyclones.West WallThe coast side boundary of the Gulf Stream, typically south of Cape Hatteras.
Tropical Air: Air which froms over the tropics.
Tropical Air Mass: A larger body of air which froms over the tropics that is warm and humid.
Tropical Cyclone: A cyclone which forms over the tropics.
It carries momentum, sensible heat, and potential heat from the tropics to the mid-latitudes (30 degrees). The poleward transport aloft is complemented by subsidence in the subtropical high pressure ridge and a surface return flow.
Many dissipate after entering a continent in the Tropics, and a smaller number die over the tropical oceans. Tropical cyclones are more nearly circularly symmetric than are frontal cyclones.
They significantly affect the atmospheric circulation throughout the global Tropics and subtropics, and also strongly affect the wintertime jet stream and atmospheric circulation features over the North Pacific and western North America.
The doctor is also used in the African tropics to describe a sea breeze which generally brings cool relief from the heat generated in the interior of the continent.
The easterly trade winds of the tropics drag the surface waters of the eastern Pacific away from the coastlines of the Americas.
Mid-latitude troughs have a north to south amplitude but in the tropics the opposite is the case. Inverted troughs look like ridges but there is lower pressure at their centers of curvature.
A discrete tropical weather system of apparently organized convection--generally 100 to 300 nmi in diameter -- originating in the tropics or subtropics, having a nonfrontal migratory character, and maintaining its identity for 24 hours or more.
Motion that is backwards from the usual way things move in the Northern Hemisphere extratropics which is from west to east. In meteorology, the term is used in relation to atmospheric waves or pressure systems.
SUBTROPIC: The climatic region adjacent to the tropics, which are located between 20 and 40 degrees latitude in both hemispheres.
THUNDER: The sound produced by a stroke of lightning as it rapidly heats the air surrounding the bolt.
Tropical Disturbance: A discrete system of apparently organized convection originating in the tropics or subtropics, having a non-frontal migratory character and maintaining its identity for 24 hours or more.
trade winds: wind system in the tropics that blows from the subtropical high pressure areas to the equatorial low pressure area. They are northeast winds in the Northern Hemisphere and southeast winds in the Southern Hemisphere.
Easterly Wave: Disruption in the form of trough in the east current of the tropics, which is more evident in high levels than in the surface analysis, and whose passage to the west is marked by an increase in nebulosity and showers.
Doctor 1. A cooling sea breeze in the Tropics. 2. See HARMATTAN. 3. The strong SE wind which blows on the south African coast. Usually called CAPE DOCTOR.
Trade Winds - the wind system, occupying most of the tropics, which are northeasterly in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly in the Southern Hemisphere ...
TROPICAL STORM: An organized cyclone in the tropics with wind speed between 35 and 64 knots.
TROUGH: An elongated area of low pressure at the surface or aloft.
Trade winds
The winds that occupy most of the tropics and blow from the subtropical highs to the equatorial low.
Transpiration
The release of water vapor to the atmosphere by plants.
Tropical Storm - An organized low pressure system in the tropics with wind speeds between 38 and 74 mph.
Tropical Storm Warning- A warning issued when sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph (34 to 63 knots) are expected within 24 hours.
Troposphere Lower part of the atmosphere, extending from the surface up to a height varying from about 7 to 9 km at polar regions to approximately 17 km in tropics.
The clockwise geostrophic winds drive a parade of lows onto northern lands, and easterly trade winds in the tropics. In the winter, a strong Siberian high, with pressures above 1035 mb, and a high in the western U.S., the Intermountain High, form.
CIRCULATION CELLS Large areas of air movement created by the rotation of the earth and the transfer of heat from the equator toward the poles. Circulation is confined to a specific region, such as the tropics, temperate, or polar, ...
prevailing easterlies—The broad current or pattern of persistent easterly winds in the Tropics and in polar regions.
The warming of the ocean in the tropical Pacific increases the strength of the Hadley circulation (a global wind pattern) and causes the entire tropics to warm.
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Browse Related Terms: Mid-Latitude Areas, N, NC, North Wall, PNA, Rex Block, Tropics, West Wall ...
This boundary marks the top of the troposphere and the base of the stratosphere, and can vary with season and latitude, with a altitude ranging from 6 km (4 mi) in polar regions to 16 km (10 mi) in the tropics ...
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