polarward

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   In the direction of the North Pole or the South Pole

   In the direction of the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.

   • On the polarward side of the trough, the disturbance appears as the wave in the Easterlies described by Riehl [9].
   • In general, the polarward flow is strongest as a result of western intensification (Stommel, 1948; Munk and Carrier, 1950).
2. 2

   Toward the North Pole or the South Pole

   Toward the North Pole or the South Pole; away from the equator.

   • There is, therefere, a constant tendency with the air that these upper currents carry polarward to be crowded out, so to speak — to slough off and turn back.
   • Continued low temperatures soon left little moisture in the air with the result that sublimation is today moving glaciers polarward all over the world.
   • SMW would be formed at the salinity maximum spreading both polarward and equatorward.

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