subpolar low-pressure belt

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subpolar low-pressure belt [¦səb′pō·lər ¦lō ′presh·ər ‚belt]

(meteorology)

A belt of low pressure located, in the mean, between 50 and 70° latitude; in the Northern Hemisphere, this belt consists of the Aleutian low and the Icelandic low; in the Southern Hemisphere, it is supposed to exist around the periphery of the Antarctic continent.

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