Canadian Anticyclone

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Canadian Anticyclone

 

(North American anticyclone), a region of high atmospheric pressure over North America; one of the seasonal centers of atmospheric activity that show up on mean climatic maps of the winter months over a period of several years. The Canadian anticyclone is conditioned by the predominance of anticyclones over cyclones in the winter atmospheric circulation over the northern and central parts of the continent.

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