Westerlies and their effects on maritime ice caps and glaciers

Citation

McCulloch R (2011) Westerlies and their effects on maritime ice caps and glaciers. In: Singh V, Singh P & Haritashya U (eds.) Encycolpedia of Snow, Ice and Glaciers. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 1224-1227. http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences+and+geography/hydrogeology/book/978-90-481-2641-5

Abstract
An encyclopedia entry for: Westerlies, a meteorological phenomenon where the thermal gradient between the mid-latitudes and the polar regions leads to increased baroclinicity and increased thermal winds in a westerly direction along the polar front in both hemispheres.

Keywords
Polar convergence zone low pressure storms; Westerly storms; Westerly air circulation