https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00391
A large system of winds that rotate about a centre of high atmospheric pressure, clockwise (viewed from above) in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern hemisphere.
Source:
PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. (Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)) on page 2175 [Terms] [Paper]