Although the Arctic Oscillation is responsible for more of the total variance in mean sea level pressure over the Arctic, the meridional winds anomalies that arise as a result of the spatial structure of the Arctic dipole anomaly make it the primary driver of Arctic sea ice export variability.
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This tendency suggests the presence of a system of circulation of Hadley cells between medium latitudes and the equator . " Magellan " radar data confirm the existence of strong winds that blow toward the east in the upper surface of Venus, and meridional winds on the surface.
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These terms are often used in the atmospheric and earth sciences to describe global phenomena, such as " meridional wind flow ", or " zonal temperature " . ( Strictly speaking, "'zonal "'means more than simply a direction as it also implies a degree of localization in the meridional direction, so that the phenomenon in question is localized to a zone of the planet .)