The polar wind or plasma fountain is a permanent outflow of plasma from the polar regions of Earth's magnetosphere.: 29  Conceptually similar to the solar...

of Earth's atmosphere, polar easterlies are the dry, cold prevailing winds that blow around the high-pressure areas of the polar highs at the North and...

Atmospheric molecules can also escape from the polar regions on a planet with a magnetosphere, due to the polar wind. Near the poles of a magnetosphere, the...

complexity. The form of the aurora, occurring within bands around both polar regions, is also dependent on the amount of acceleration imparted to the...

MAVEN mission measures solar wind atmospheric stripping on Mars" (Tweet) – via Twitter. Starukhina, L. V. (2006). "Polar regions of the moon as a potential...

zone of energetic charged particles, most of which originate from the solar wind, that are captured by and held around a planet by that planet's magnetosphere...

winds, flowing west to east around the globe. The northern hemisphere and the southern hemisphere each have a polar jet around their respective polar...

dominant, and their strength is largely determined by the polar cyclone. In areas where winds tend to be light, the sea breeze-land breeze cycle (powered...

its transformation into the modern theory of plate tectonics. Apparent polar wander paths provided the first clear geophysical evidence for continental...

the wind which blew from such a direction. Using a polar coordinate system of gridding, the frequency of winds over a time period is plotted by wind direction...

and impacts on weather. The stratospheric polar vortex is an area of high-speed, cyclonically rotating winds around 15 km to 50 km high, poleward of 50°...

katabatic wind but contain ephemeral streams and hypersaline lakes characteristic of extreme non-polar deserts, are not necessarily polar desert.[citation...

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superchron has only been found in the Moyero river section north of the polar circle in Siberia. Moreover, the best data from elsewhere in the world do...

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core—produces the magnetosphere which protects Earth's atmosphere from the solar wind. As the Earth is 4.5 billion years old, it would have lost its atmosphere...

A polar diagram, or polar plot, is a graph that shows a sailboat's potential speed over a range of wind speeds and relative wind angles. It normally consists...

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expression 39 Stern, David P. (October 10, 2016). "Precession". NASA's Polar, Wind and Geotail Site. Retrieved April 25, 2022. "Glossary". Astronomical...

interplanetary radiation and prevent the atmosphere from dissipating in the solar wind. The rate of cooling by conduction and convection is uncertain, but one estimate...

of the diffusing species are also coupled due to the electroneutrality Polar wind "Definition of AMBIPOLAR". Zweibel, Ellen G. (2015). "Chapter 11 Ambipolar...

tropical cyclone, ice storm, landslide, lightning, riverine flooding, strong wind, tornado, tsunami, volcanic activity, wildfire, winter weather. In addition...

release large quantities of matter from the Sun's atmosphere into the solar wind and interplanetary space. The ejected matter is a plasma consisting primarily...

and semi-arid regions. Dust storms arise when a gust front or other strong wind blows loose sand and dirt from a dry surface. Fine particles are transported...

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27-day rotation period). The solar wind is guided by the Sun's magnetic field and hence largely emanates from the polar regions of the Sun; the induced spiral...

; Zhang, Tielong L. (28 June 2016). "The electric wind of Venus: A global and persistent 'polar wind'-like ambipolar electric field sufficient for the...

the Sun also produces streams of high energy particles known as the solar wind, and radiation that can harm life or alter its evolution. Under the protective...

outward centrifugal force produced by Earth's rotation is larger than at polar latitudes. This counteracts the Earth's gravity to a small degree – up to...

spacecraft remains in orbit, though it is now inactive. Polar is the sister ship to GGS Wind. It was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin, and...