For Trade winds we have terms and definitions in 6 topics. The topics are Atmospheric Chemistry, Climatology, Hurricane, Physical Geography, Science and Weather.

Trade Winds (Atmospheric Chemistry)

Wind systems occupying most of the tropics, which blow from 30 degrees North and South toward the equator; winds are northeasterly in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly in the Southern Hemisphere. [An Introduction to the World's Oceans; 5th edition; p493; 1997.]

Trade Winds (Climatology)

The wind system, occupying most of the tropics, which are northeasterly in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly in the Southern Hemisphere

Trade Winds (Hurricane)

The wind system, occupying most of the tropics, which are northeasterly in the Northern Hemisphere and southeasterly in the Southern Hemisphere.

Trade Winds (Physical Geography)

Surface winds that generally dominate air flow in the tropics. These winds blow from about 30° North and South latitude (subtropical high pressure zone) to the equator (intertropical convergence zone). Trade winds in the Northern Hemisphere have northeast to southwest direction and are referred to as the Northeast Trades. Southern Hemisphere trade winds have southeast to northwest direction but are called the Southeast Trades.

Trade Winds (Science)

Tropical prevailing winds that blow toward the equator from the northeast in the northern hemisphere and from the southeast in the southern hemisphere.

Trade Winds (Weather)

Two belts of prevailing winds that blow easterly from the subtropical high pressure centers towards the equatorial trough. Primarily lower level winds, they are characterized by their great consistency of direction. In the Northern Hemisphere, the trades blow from the northeast, and in the Southern Hemisphere, the trades blow from the southeast.

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