[1870–75; equator + -ward]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: billing, giveaway, immobilize, linkage, upgrade-ward is a native English suffix denoting spatial or temporal direction, as specified bythe initial element. Other words that use the affix -ward include: afterward, backward, seaward, toward
Examples of 'equatorward' in a sentence
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The equatorward movement of auroral arcs take place generally in about 5-10 minutes.
Katsutada KAMINUMA, Takeo HIRASAWA 1969, 'AURORAL OBSERVATION AT SYOWA STATION, 1967-1968', Antarctic Recordhttps://doi.org/10.15094/00007553. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The strongest equatorward flows occur at heights of ~90 km during summer.
D. J. Sandford, C. L. Beldon, R. E. Hibbins, N. J. Mitchell 2010, 'Dynamics of the Antarctic and Arctic mesosphere and lower thermosphere – Part 1: Meanwinds', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physicshttp://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/10273/2010/acp-10-10273-2010.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
An equatorward flow was quickly set up on the shelf responding to the northerly wind pulses.
Nuno Gonçalo Ferreira Cordeiro, Jesus Dubert, Rita Nolasco, Eric Desmond Barton 2018, 'Transient response of the Northwestern Iberian upwelling regime', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0197627. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The observed meridional winds turned from northward (geomagnetically equatorward) to southward (geomagnetically poleward) just before the wave was observed.
D. Fukushima, K. Shiokawa, Y. Otsuka, M. Kubota, T. Yokoyama, M. Nishioka, S. Komonjinda,C. Y. Yatini 2017, 'Geomagnetically conjugate observations of ionospheric and thermospheric variationsaccompanied by a midnight brightness wave at low latitudes', Earth, Planets and Spacehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-017-0698-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Forward-in-time simulations revealed that surface water was transported equatorward and offshore in summer due to the upwelling-favorable winds.
Jiangtao Xu, Ryan J Lowe, Gregory N Ivey, Nicole L Jones, Zhenlin Zhang 2016, 'Ocean Transport Pathways to a World Heritage Fringing Coral Reef: Ningaloo Reef, WesternAustralia.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4720280?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It started at the equatorward limit of the boundary region and continued into the cusp proper.
G. Kremser, J. Woch, K. Mursula, P. Tanskanen, B. Wilken, R. Lundin, 'Origin of energetic ions in the polar cusp inferred from ion composition measurementsby the Viking satellite', Annales Geophysicaehttp://www.ann-geophys.net/13/595/1995/angeo-13-595-1995.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, not all frontal zones translated as expected, with some poleward motions being arrested and even returning equatorward.
Joshua Kastman, Patrick Market, Neil Fox 2018, 'Dynamic Ensemble Analysis of Frontal Placement Impacts in the Presence of ElevatedThunderstorms during PRECIP Events', Atmospherehttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/9/339. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the absence of stationary waves, the equilibrium ice sheet arrives at symmetric shape with a zonal equatorward margin.
Johan Liakka 2012, 'Interactions between topographically and thermally forced stationary waves: implicationsfor ice-sheet evolution', Tellus: Series A, Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanographyhttp://www.tellusa.net/index.php/tellusa/article/view/11088/pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These equatorward velocities may relate to the earthward surge of plasma from the magnetotail at substorm onset.
M. Lester, E. G. Bradshaw, T. B. Jones, 'SABRE observations of structured ionospheric flows during substorm expansion phaseonset', Annales Geophysicaehttp://www.ann-geophys.net/12/1027/1994/angeo-12-1027-1994.html. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
At the most equatorward part of the auroral streamer, a wave-like auroral band was formed aligning in the east–west direction.
Zhonghua Yao, Z. Y. Pu, I. J. Rae, A. Radioti, M. V. Kubyshkina 2017, 'Auroral streamer and its role in driving wave-like pre-onset aurora', Geoscience Lettershttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40562-017-0075-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)