Anticyclone
Climate Change
A large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the northern hemisphere, counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
- — ARM Climate Research Glossary retrieved 2014-06-12
Anticyclone Area of increased atmospheric pressure relative to surrounding pressure field in the atmosphere. It is outlined by closed isobars on a synoptic surface chart, and by closed contours on a constant-pressure chart. This term is used interchangeably with high.
Weather
A large-scale circulation of winds around a central region of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere, counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere