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Amazon.com: The physical geography of the sea, and its meteorology.
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location of the equatorial calm belt which is found further to the north in summer than in winter. In the Indian Ocean the counter current is found ...
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The equatorial edge of these calm belts is near the tropics, and their average breadth is 10o or 12o. On one side of these belts (§ 8) the wind blows perpetually toward the equator; on the other, their prevailing direction is towards the poles.
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As the main ozone depleting compounds, the abundance of CFCs in the troposphere and stratosphere has been focused on all the while. However, there are few reports concerning on the CFCs' latitudinal dependence. ... In summary, the average concentrations of CFCs (refer to CFC-11, ... System Maintenance: 8pm-10pm EST today (7/30/2009);
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Warden Message: Equatorial Guinea Regional Travel Concerns, Caution Urged; CONSULAR AFFAIRS BULLETINS; ... WARDEN MESSAGE: EQUATORIAL GUINEA CALM, NORMAL ACTIVITIES RESUME; 18 Feb 2009; WARDEN MESSAGE: EQUATORIAL GUINEA GUNFIRE INCIDENT RESOLVED; 17 Feb 2009; WARDEN MESSAGE: EQUATORIAL GUINEA PRESIDENTIAL PALACE ATTACK;
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55"W. it reaches the Equatorial Calm Belt and rises vertically a sufficient distance to precipitate ?h of its total moisture content. ...
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Zone of calm or light variable winds, in the lower atmospheric layers, situated near the thermal Equator: the zone follows. . . the annual meridional fluctuation of the thermal Equator. Source: European Union. (references) ... doldrums (belt of equatorial calms, doldrum belt), doldrumgordel (belt of equatorial calms,
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Climate ; This is a high-pressure and equatorial calm zone where there is little air circulation. In the plains clouds and rains are hardly seen. Only in the mountains are there rains, mostly in winter and snowstorms.
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but at the end of that time the winds fell away altogether, and the voyagers found themselves in that flat equatorial calm known to mariners as the Doldrums.
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Some people call the doldrums areas of Equatorial Calm. This pattern repeats itself in the Southern Hemisphere because of the Coriolis force. Here, though, the trade winds flow from the southeast. The Westerlies flow from the northwest and the Easterlies blow from the southeast.
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