Cyclone
id:
cyclone-179-9884708
title:
Cyclone
text:
In meteorology, a cyclone is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above. Cyclones are characterized by inward-spiraling winds that rotate about a zone of low pressure. The largest low-pressure systems are polar vortices and extratropical cyclones of the largest scale. Warm-core cyclones such as tropical cyclones and subtropical cyclones also lie within
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Large scale rotating air mass
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone
date created:
2002-03-04T15:59:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T23:49:54Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q79602","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q79602"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Low_pressure_system_over_Iceland.jpg","width":6000,"height":5200}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16