Concept: cyclone in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/1941
Preferred label cyclone
Definition A storm characterized by the converging and rising giratory movement of the wind around a zone of low pressure (the eye) towards which it is violently pulled from a zone of high pressure. Its circulation is counterclockwise round the center in the northern hemisphere, clockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Notation
Status Valid
Status Modified 2013-12-05
Accepted Date 2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Alternative label
  • virvelvind [sv]
  • περιδινητής [el]
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