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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">( | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">(''Or'' continental anticyclone.) A general area of high atmospheric [[pressure]] that, on mean charts of [[sea level pressure]], is seen to overlie a continent during the winter.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">The only really pronounced example of this is the [[Siberian high]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[glacial anticyclone]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:57, 20 February 2012
continental high[edit | edit source]
(Or continental anticyclone.) A general area of high atmospheric pressure that, on mean charts of sea level pressure, is seen to overlie a continent during the winter.