trade winds
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- a system of low-level winds occurring in the tropics; the trade winds blow from the northeast to the equator in the Northern Hemisphere and from the southeast to the equator in the Southern Hemisphere.
NCDC National Climatic Data Center - Cite This Source - This Definition - Alberta Low, Aleutian Low, Cold low, Cyclone, Cyclone movement, Cyclonic circulation, depression, Icelandic Low, Intertropical Convergence Zone, Low, North Atlantic Oscillation, Semipermanent depression, Synoptic-scale