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| is a wind from the sea that develops over land near coasts. It is formed by increasing temperature differences between the land and water |
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| is the theoretical wind that would result from an exact balance between the Coriolis effect and the pressure gradient force |
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| is an apparent deflection of moving objects when they are viewed from a rotating reference frame. In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the deflection is to the left of the motion of the object; in one with anti-clockwise rotation |
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| are fast flowing, narrow air currents found in the atmospheres of some planets, including Earth. The main jet streams are located near the tropopause, the transition between the troposphere and the stratosphere |
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| one of several regions of semipermanent high atmospheric pressure located over the oceans between 20° and 40° of latitude in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the Earth |
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| are giant meanders in high-altitude winds that are a major influence on weather |
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| large climate disturbances which are rooted in the tropical Pacific Ocean, and occur every 3 to 7 years. They have a strong impact on the continents around the tropical Pacific |
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