Subpolar low pressure belt

From Glossary of Meteorology



subpolar low pressure belt

A band of low pressure located, in the mean, between 50° and 70° latitude.

In the Northern Hemisphere, this belt consists of the Aleutian low and the Icelandic low. In the Southern Hemisphere, it is supposed to exist around the periphery of the Antarctic continent.


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