meridional front
meridional front
[mə′rid·ē·ən·əl ′frənt] (meteorology)
A front in the South Pacific separating successive migratory subtropical anticyclones; such fronts are essentially in the form of great arcs with meridians of longitudes as chords; they have the character of cold fronts.
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