SMARTTABLE 6.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF WIND BELTS AND BOUNDA RIES Reglon (north ar south lattade) Nane of wind beltor boundary Doldrums (bounday) Atnospherie preure Characteriation Equetorial (0-5 degroes) Low Light, variatle winds. Abundant cbudiness and much precipitation, Braeding ground for hurricanes. Srong, staady winds, gareraly trom the cast. Light, variatle winds. Dry, ckar, fairweather with itte precipitation. Major dasarts of the world. Winds gareraly trom the west. Brings storms that 5-30 degroes 30 dagross Trade winds (wind bet) Harsa lattudes (boundary) High 30-60 dagross Pravaling wasterles (wind bek) Infuance waather across the Unted States. Polar font (tounday) 0 dagroes 0-90 dagroes Poles (90 degraes) Low Variable winds. Stormy, cloudy waather ysar round. Polar easleries (wind belt) Cold, dy winds generally from the cast. Pokar high pressure (boundary) High Variable winds. Cler, dry, fair conditions, cold temperatures, and minimal preciptaton Cold desarts. Pressara zanes and wind bots in tha Northam and Southam Notica how the ovarall pamwna of atmosphorie prassiron and wind balte mutah Figure 6.12 La HPolar high pressure Polar easteries wind beh ARCTIC OCEAN Homisphores aromiror imagas of anoh orhar. Polar front Jow pressure)L Prevaling westerlies wind belt Horse latitudes (high pressure) ATLANTIC OCEAN NE trade winds wind belt PACIFIC Equatorial doldrums Jow pressure) OCEAN INDIAN SE trade winds wind belt OCEÁN Horse latitudes (high preesure) H H H Prevaling westerlies wind bek Anirdicc Polar front (low pressure)L Polar easterties wind belt Polar high pressure H Figure 6.13 January sea-lovel atmosphorio prossures and global winde. Average atmospheric pressure patem for January. low-pressure zones shown in Figure 6.13 corresponds closely to those shown in High ) and low ) atmospherio pressure zones correapond closely to those shown in Figure d.12 but are modified by seasonal changes and the distribution of continents. Green arrows show the Global wind belts have had a profound effect on ocean explorations (Diving direotion of winds, which move tom high-pressure regions toward Figure 6.12.