DEFINITION OF TRADE WINDS

Steady winds that blow from the northeast to

southwest in the northern hemisphere and between 0° and

30° latitude, and from southeast to northwest in the southern

hemisphere. The trade winds are formed as the cool air from

Hadley Cell circulation returns to the surface at about

15°–30° latitude and then returns to the equatorial region.

The Coriolis Force deflects the moving air to the right in the

Northern Hemisphere, causing the air to flow from northeast

to southwest, and to the left in the Southern Hemisphere,

causing a southeast to northwest flow. They are named trade

winds because sailors used the reliability of the winds to aid

their travels from Europe to the Americas. The doldrums, an

area characterized by weak stagnant air currents, bound the

trade winds on high latitudes by the horse latitudes, characterized

by weak winds, and toward the equator.

See also ATMOSPHERE; HADLEY CELLS.

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