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anticyclone


"Birds eye" and profile view of an anticyclone. 
Circulation is shown for the Northern Hemisphere

 

An anticyclone is an area of high pressure. Anticyclone exhibit fairly circular isobars. Circulation is clockwise around the high in the Northern Hemisphere an counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.  (See also ridge; cyclone; atmospheric pressure)

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